[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6135]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  RECOGNIZING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE 
                           INSURANCE COMPANY

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                          HON. RICHARD E. NEAL

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 24, 2001

  Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, May 15, 2001, the 
Massachusetts Life Insurance Company will celebrate its 150th 
anniversary--a milestone achieved by only twenty other Fortune 500 
companies.
  The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company was founded by George 
Rice in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1851. Today, the MassMutual 
Financial Group continues to have its headquarters in Springfield, and 
has grown into a global diversified financial services organization 
with more than $213 billion in total assets under management.
  The family of companies include Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance 
Company, plus its subsidiaries Oppenheimer Funds, David L. Babson, 
Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, MML Investors Services, MassMutual 
International, MassMutual Asia, The MassMutual Trust Company, Antares 
Capital Corporation, Persumma Financial, MML Bay State Life Insurance 
Company and C.M. Life Insurance Company.
  The Mass Mutual Financial Group serves more than 8 million clients 
and offers a broad portfolio of financial products and services with 
offices located across the United States, and international operations 
in Hong Kong, Argentina, Bermuda, Chile, and Luxembourg.
  Celebrating a 150th anniversary is an extraordinary accomplishment so 
I ask my fellow Members of Congress to join me in recognizing the 
MassMutual Financial Group's anniversary and congratulating them for a 
successful 150 years and anticipating another 150 years of continued 
success.

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