[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E43]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TRIBUTE TO HONOR THE LIFE OF ALBERT J. NADER

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 10, 2017

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the extraordinary life 
of Albert J. Nader, who passed away on December 22, 2016, in Palm 
Springs, California, at the age of 84. He is survived by his wife Gemma 
Allen Nader, his children Page and Jason, his step-children Bridget and 
Sean, and six grandchildren.
   Albert Nader was the son of the late Joshua Nader, an Assyrian 
immigrant from Iran, and Olga. He was exceedingly proud to be a native 
Chicagoan and of Assyrian heritage. He grew up near Wrigley Field and 
attended Blaine Elementary School and Lake View High School where he 
played baseball and basketball. He graduated from DePaul University and 
served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. After his 
service to our country, he went on to work for Sears, Montgomery Ward, 
and Rand McNally developing films, globes, maps, and textbooks for 
libraries and schools, and founded the highly successful ad agency, 
Nader-Lief.
   In 1978, against the advice of his wife and other friends, Albert 
Nader took his innovative vision to help people collect videos and 
created Questar to produce, acquire and distribute video programs. 
Questar offered viewers videos covering a wide variety of topics, 
including nature, cooking, and history. Albert Nader found inspiration 
for programs to create or distribute everywhere he went, including 
church and family vacations. He guided his groundbreaking vision 
through changing technology and today his programs are streaming 
online.
   Albert was a force of nature, always bursting with ideas, 
implementing them and advancing the causes he believed in. He was a 
faith-filled man, a long-time supporter of Moody Church, and proud of 
his Assyrian heritage. Most recently, he was raising funds for 
Assyrians caught in the wars in Iraq and Syria. He was a man who loved 
his family and was devoted to his church, his community and his 
country. Because of all he did in living a worthy life, our country has 
been bettered immeasurably. Mr. Speaker, I ask the entire House of 
Representatives to join me in expressing our collective sympathy to 
Albert Nader's wife and family on the loss of a great and good man, 
Albert J. Nader.

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