[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2353]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              COMMEMORATING THE HONORABLE ROBERT K. PUGLIA

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                         HON. JOHN T. DOOLITTLE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 11, 1999

  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to an 
outstanding public servant, Justice Robert K. Puglia. Robert K. Puglia, 
Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal in the Third Appellate 
District of California, has brought credit and distinction to himself 
through his illustrious record of public service, and it is appropriate 
at this time to commemorate the valuable leadership and dedicated 
service he has provided to his community and the people of the State of 
California.
  Robert Puglia was born in 1929 in Westerville, OH. He completed his 
undergraduate work at Ohio State University in 1952. After serving 3 
years in the U.S. Army as an infantryman, Bob Puglia enrolled in law 
school at the University of California at Berkeley and earned his law 
degree in 1958.
  Bob became a member of the California State Bar in 1959, upon passing 
the bar exam, and began working as a Deputy Attorney General for the 
State of California. Later that same year he became Deputy District 
Attorney for the County of Sacramento. While serving in the Sacramento 
District Attorney's office until 1969, including over 5 years as Chief 
Deputy, Bob found time to teach law at McGeorge School of Law and 
government at California State University.
  Bob then joined the private law firm of McDonough, Holland & Allen in 
Sacramento until Governor Ronald Reagan tapped him in 1971 to be judge 
of the Superior Court, Sacramento County. In 1971, Governor Reagan 
appointed Justice Puglia to the California Court of Appeal in the Third 
Appellate District. Later that same year, he was elevated from 
Associate Justice to Presiding Justice. He has served there ever since.
  In recognition of his skills as attorney and judge, and for his 
service to his community, state, and to the legal profession, Justice 
Robert Puglia has received honorary doctorates in law from Lincoln Law 
School and the McGeorge School of Law. Justice Puglia was also active 
in numerous state and local bar activities, including service on 
several committees on the California Judges Association as well as 
serving as its president, and as a member of the California Judicial 
Council. In 1984 he was President of the American Bar Association.
  Outside of his long and distinguished career, Robert Puglia is 
husband to Ingrid, and father to four children, Susan, Peter, David, 
and Thomas.
  I take great pleasure in commending the Honorable Robert Puglia for 
his outstanding record of judicial leadership, his long and 
distinguished record of public service, and his outstanding display of 
civic leadership. He is indeed a man worth emulating and one who 
exemplifies the standards those in his chosen profession seek to 
uphold.

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