[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Pages 27586-27587]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       IN MEMORY OF R. DUFFY WALL

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, this has not been a good week--losing a 
friend and colleague; Payne Stewart, and, yes, another friend here in 
this town who had a government relations job.
  We often hear the word ``lobbyist'' put in a negative tone, but this 
was a man who built a reputation of integrity and honesty in government 
relations.
  This week, cancer claimed R. Duffy Wall. He died at his home on the 
Eastern Shore. He was friend and mentor.
  You know what we would be without the folks who work in different 
areas of American life who represent that way of life to the Congress 
of the United States. We are not all wise. We do not know everything 
about everything. We need help. Duffy Wall was such a person--honest, 
straight shooter, a friend, dead at age 57, far too young. We will not 
get to use his services and wisdom anymore either.
  I could talk longer about these friends. This has been a bad week, 
especially losing our Senator and losing a person very close to us.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the notes on Mr. Wall and 
his obituary be printed in the Record.

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  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

       Washington, DC, October 25, 1999. Following a long battle 
     against lung cancer, R. Duffy Wall, 57, died yesterday at his 
     home on the Eastern Shore--his wife Sharon was by his side. 
     `Duffy' as he was known by his many friends was a native of 
     Louisiana who came to Washington in the 1970's and spent his 
     entire career in the public policy arena. Known for his humor 
     and ability to advise and ``cajole'' Members of Congress and 
     clients on the intricacies of legislation, he was highly 
     respected and admired by the powerful and the not-so-powerful 
     alike.
       In 1982, Mr. Wall founded R. Duffy Wall & associates 
     providing lobbying and government relations services to a 
     broad range of corporate clients. Under Mr. Wall's 
     leadership, the firm grew into one of the Capital's most 
     admired and successful lobbying operations attracting some of 
     America's most prestigious companies and associations as 
     clients. In 1998, the company was acquired by Fleishman-
     Hillard, an international communications company 
     headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
       Bill Brewster, the former Congressman from Oklahoma, who 
     assumed the leadership of the company in 1998 and became CEO 
     in 1999, said of Mr. Wall, ``Duffy was a friend, advisor, and 
     mentor to all of us for many years. He will be missed very 
     much by everyone in the government relations and political 
     community, and he will always remain the faithful voice of 
     encouragement to hunters in the field.''
       An avid sportsman, Mr. Wall was as comfortable staling 
     woodland paths and fencerows in pursuit of game and fowl as 
     he was walking the halls of Congress.
       In accordance with Duffy's wishes, the funeral will be 
     limited to his family and there will be no memorial service. 
     Those who wish to remember him are encouraged to send 
     contributions in lieu of flowers to:
       MD Anderson Cancer Center, Foundation of America, R. Duffy 
     Wall Lung Cancer Program, Cancer Research Prgm., P.O. Box 
     297153, Houston, TX 77297; or Cancer Research, R. Duffy Wall 
     Lung, 1600 Duke Street, Suite 110, Alexandria, VA 22314.
       He is survived by his wife Sharon Borg Wall; a daughter, 
     Catherine Wall Montgomery; a son, Howard Wall; his mother 
     Juanita F. Wall; two brothers and three grandchildren.

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