[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 23058-23059]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     IN MEMORY OF THOMAS D. GRAHAM

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 17, 2000

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death of Tom Graham, of Jefferson City, Missouri. He was 
77.
  Tom, a son of Charles E. and Margaret Cuthbertson Graham, was born on 
October 14, 1922, in St. Louis. He attended Jefferson City public 
schools and was a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award. He also 
attended the University of Missouri. After serving in the Army Air 
Corps during World War II, Tom practiced law in Jefferson City for 50 
years. From 1951 to 1973, he was in the Missouri House of 
Representatives, serving three terms as Speaker of the House from 1961 
to 1967.
  Tom was president of the National Legislative Conference from 1966 to 
1967, and commissioner of the National Conference on Commissioners on 
Uniform State Laws. He was vice-chairman of the Missouri-New York 
World's Fair Commission. Tom was a member of the First Christian Church 
and a past member of the Jefferson Lodge 43, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons, Ancient and Accepted Orders of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, 
Moolah Temple, St. Louis. He was a member of the Missouri Bar, Phi 
Gamma Delta social fraternity and Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.

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  Tom was also involved in many civic activities in Jefferson City. He 
was on the Board of Directors of the Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce 
and the Board of Trustees of Memorial Community Hospital. He served as 
president of the Cole County Chapter, University of Missouri Alumni 
Association, and the Cole County Bar Association. He was a merit badge 
counselor for the Boy Scouts of America.
  Tom married the late Christine Wood Graham on April 22, 1944. They 
were married for almost 54 years and had one son, Christopher Graham.
  Mr. Speaker, Tom Graham was my good friend and a great American. I 
know the Members of the House will join me in extending heartfelt 
condolences to his family.

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