[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16757]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE SUSAN B. CARBON--``FRANK ROWE KENISON'' AWARD 
                               RECIPIENT

 Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, I rise to pay 
tribute to the Honorable Susan B. Carbon upon receiving the ``Frank 
Rowe Kenison'' award for her contributions to New Hampshire citizens 
through the field of Law and Justice.
  The ``Frank Rowe Kenison'' award was established to recognize those 
individuals who, through the administration of justice, the legal 
profession or the advancement of legal thought, have worked towards 
improving the lives of New Hampshire citizens.
  Susan has bettered the life of hundreds if not thousands of New 
Hampshire citizens through her pursuit of justice. Her personal and 
professional journeys have inspired her to seek an end to family 
violence.
  As president of the New Hampshire Bar Association, Susan was 
instrumental in establishing the Family Violence Conference. She has 
also served as a member of the Executive Committee for the Governor's 
Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence and a trustee for the National 
Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. This involvement has 
allowed her to combat domestic violence on a national level.
  Susan's tireless dedication to domestic violence prevention is a 
testament to the philosophy of Frank Rowe Kenison, who stated ``The 
Supreme Court and the Judiciary of this State will continue to maintain 
and guard its house justice for the humble as well as the powerful, for 
the poor as well as the rich, for the minority as well as the majority 
and for the unpopular as well as the popular.''
  In her many years in the legal profession, Susan Carbon has carried 
out Rowe's vision of justice. She has turned to the most sacred and 
powerful groups within society and the family in order to ensure that 
each individual is able to live without the fear of impending violence.
  Susan's dedication to her profession, ending domestic violence and to 
her surrounding community is remarkable. It is both an honor and a 
great pleasure to represent her in the United States Senate.

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