[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 118 (Friday, June 26, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E579]
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               TRIBUTE TO CLARENCE J. ``BUD'' BROWN, JR.

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                            HON. JIM JORDAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 26, 2020

  Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I am honored to commend to the House the 
admirable service of former Congressman Clarence J. ``Bud'' Brown, Jr., 
on the occasion of his 93rd birthday on June 18.
  Born in Columbus in 1927, Bud spent much of his youth in Washington, 
D.C., where his father, the late former Congressman Clarence J. Brown, 
Sr., represented Ohio's Seventh Congressional District from 1939 to 
1965. Bud succeeded his father, serving in this House with distinction 
from 1965 to 1983. He was then selected by President Reagan to serve as 
the nation's fifth Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
  From 1992 to 1999, Bud served as President and Chief Executive 
Officer of the United States Capitol Historical Society, which is 
dedicated to preserving the heritage and history of the Capitol. The 
Society honored him with its Freedom Award upon his retirement.
  Bud and his wife, Joyce, are the proud parents of four children: 
Cate, Clancy, Roy, and Beth. Beth died at age seven after a three-year 
battle with leukemia. The foundation that Bud and Joyce established in 
her name has helped hundreds of high school graduates from Champaign 
County study medicine and related careers in college.
  Madam Speaker, Bud Brown has been a personal friend and mentor for 
decades. We are grateful that good men like Bud commit their lives to 
public service and inspire others to follow in their footsteps.

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