[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 208 (Wednesday, December 20, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1732-E1733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO NIX LAURIDSEN

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 20, 2017

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Nix Lauridsen of Des Moines, Iowa, for his induction into 
the 2017 Iowa Business Hall of Fame.
  The Greater Des Moines Committee founded the Iowa Business Hall of 
Fame in 1975 to honor Iowans who have helped to enhance the state's 
business climate. Nix is the co-founder and chairman of Lauridsen 
Group, Inc which oversees several independent companies that operate 
processing plants worldwide. Gaining his first experience in the 
processing industry at his father's rendering plant Boyer Valley, Nix's 
companies have pioneered the development of value-added products from 
the separation of plasma from red cells, as well as adding plasma to 
swine diet that reduced baby pig mortality from 10 percent to 2 
percent. Outside of business, Nix has been a major advocate for 
education and the arts in Des Moines.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to recognize Nix on his induction to the 2017 
Iowa Business

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Hall of Fame and commend him for his dedication to our great state. I 
ask that my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives 
join me in congratulating him for this outstanding achievement and in 
wishing him nothing but continued success.

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