[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19481]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO PETTUS RANDALL

 Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
dear friend, H. Pettus Randall III, of Tuscaloosa, AL. Pettus Randall 
died on Saturday, September 7, at the age of 57.
  Pettus was a native of Tuscaloosa, AL and attended the University of 
Alabama where he received bachelor's degrees in English and history. He 
attended New York University's Graduate School of Business and 
completed his law degree at the University of Alabama in 1971.
  Following the death of his father, Henry Pettus Randall Jr., in 1976, 
Pettus took over the publishing company that his father had started in 
1934. Pettus grew Randall Publishing Company from a $1 million a year 
company into the $70 million a year nationwide operation it is today. 
Randall Publishing Company employs more than 600 workers in 20 States 
and is one of the largest publishers in construction and trucking. It 
is among the 20 largest privately held U.S. publishing companies and 
was rated the sixth-fastest-growing publishing companies in the United 
States.
  Under Pettus' management, Randall Publishing Company employees were 
among the first in the Nation to have 401(k) benefits and, as Randall 
Publishing Company grew, the growth of equity was shared with each 
employee.
  In the summer of 2000, I had the honor of introducing then-Governor 
George W. Bush to Pettus at an event at Randall Publishing Company.
  Pettus served as president of the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce 
and the Greater Tuscaloosa Kiwanis Club. He chaired State campaigns for 
the Cancer Society and Christ Episcopal Church in Tuscaloosa. He worked 
with United Way, Tuscaloosa Boys and Girls Clubs, March of Dimes and 
the Tuscaloosa Association of Retarded Citizens.
  Pettus and his wife, Catherine were recognized this year by the 
Alexis de Tocqueville Society for their contributions to the quality of 
life in west Alabama. In May, he received the west Alabama Chamber's 
lifetime achievement award and was named Tuscaloosa County's citizen of 
the year.
  Pettus also found time to raise a family. He and Catherine raised 
three exceptional children. Their daughter Jaynie Rogers attends an MBA 
program at Harvard. Their daughter Kate is a graduate of both 
Vanderbilt and Cambridge Universities, and is about to join an 
investment management firm in Los Angeles. Their son Pettus IV attends 
Princeton University.
  Pettus Randall was a good friend, a patriarch of the Tuscaloosa 
community, and a much-beloved family man. He will be greatly missed by 
many.

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