[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27299]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        IN MEMORY OF DR. CONRADT

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                           HON. RALPH M. HALL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 15, 2000

  Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to an 
outstanding citizen of the Fourth District of Texas, the late Dr. L.W. 
``Bob'' Conradt of Terrell, who died on November 8. Dr. Conradt was an 
active and beloved member of his community--and he will be dearly 
missed.
  Dr. Bob Conradt served Terrell as an excellent doctor. After closing 
his office where he practiced medicine for 26 years, he joined Blue 
Cross-Blue Shield as a Vice-President and medical director and served 
in that capacity until he retired in 1986. His community endeavors 
included membership in the Kaufman County Medical Society and the Texas 
Medical Association, as well as serving as President of the Terrell 
Independent School District School Board from 1963 to 1970. He also was 
a member of the Executive Committee of the Texas Association of School 
Boards, and active member of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 
and a Scout Master for the Terrell Boy Scouts. As evidenced in all of 
these commitments, Dr. Conradt gave his time and energy to helping make 
Terrell a better place in which to live.
  Dr. Bob Conradt was born in Lometa, Texas on March 9, 1921, to the 
late Albert Herman and Lennie Mae Cornelius Conradt. He attended 
Tarleton State University, the University of Texas, Baylor College of 
Medicine and graduated in the very first class of the University of 
Texas Southwestern School of Medicine in 1944. He served in the U.S. 
Army while attending medical school, and upon graduation he was 
stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas as the General Medical 
Officer. In 1947, his military service was completed and Dr. Conradt 
moved his family back to Terrell, where he began his medical practice.
  Throughout his distinguished career as a doctor in Terrell, Dr. 
Conradt received many recognitions, including Terrell Rotary Citizen of 
the Year in 1965, President of the Society of Life Insurance Medical 
Directors in 1985, and Advisory Trustee to the Episcopal Church and the 
Diocese of Dallas from 1962 to 1967.
  He is preceded in death by his wife, Montie K. Conradt and his 
daughter, Montie Cathleen Conradt. He is survived by his son, Bill 
Conradt; a daughter, Patricia Conradt; grandsons, Tracy and Rob Morgan; 
son-in-law, Joe Morgan; and many other family members and friends.
  Mr. Speaker, Bob was one of a kind--and we will miss him. As we 
adjourn today, let us do so in memory of Dr. L.W. ``Bob'' Conradt.

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