[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 26663-26664]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  TRIBUTE TO ALLAN HOWE (D-UTAH), FORMER MEMBER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF 
                            REPRESENTATIVES

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                          HON. JAMES V. HANSEN

                                of utah

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 14, 2000

  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to pay special tribute to 
a gentleman whom I--and many of my colleagues--knew and respected for 
many years. Our good friend Allan Howe (D-Utah) passed away today, 
December 14, 2000, after a valiant struggle with heart disease. Some of 
you may recall Allan from his service in the U.S. House of 
Representatives from 1975-77. Earlier this

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year, Allan retired from his position as Washington Representative for 
the National Park Hospitality Association after decades of valuable 
service. At NPHA, Allan worked tirelessly to make sure that we in the 
Congress understood the concerns of the many businesses, large and 
small, that work as partners in serving the millions of visitors to our 
National Parks. We are grateful for those efforts. We also salute his 
years of public service, starting back home in Utah, where he worked as 
a city, county and state attorney, as Executive Director of the four 
Corners Regional Development Commission, and as an aide to the 
governor. Here on Capitol Hill he served the people of Utah as well, as 
an administrative assistant to Senator Frank Moss, and then as a Member 
of Congress himself, serving on what are now the Resources and 
Transportation and Infrastructure Committees. After leaving the 
Congress, he remained in Washington and worked on a variety of 
important issues, including solar energy, prior to focusing on National 
Park matters.
  Allan's career was marked by a deep love of this country and a strong 
appreciation of its magnificent natural wonders, both nurtured from his 
earliest days as a boy in Utah. That love of country and the great 
outdoors served him and the people of this country very well for very 
many years. So, thank you, Allan, and Godspeed.

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