[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23537]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING MR. ROBERT WAGNER

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 22, 2002

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. Robert Wagner, a 
resident of California's 27th Congressional District. Mr. Wagner has 
recently been honored by his alma mater, Georgetown University, with 
the renaming of the University's Alumni House, the Robert M. Wagner 
Alumni House.
  Robert Wagner was born in Perth Amboy, N.J. but raised in both Iowa 
and California during the Great Depression. In 1940, at age 16, Mr. 
Wagner was called to serve in World War II and during boot camp found 
enough time to earn his GED. Upon completion of his service, he was 
accepted as a student at Georgetown University on the GI Bill.
  It was at Georgetown, Mr. Wagner says, that he learned the skills 
that have made him a success. His professors, course work and 
classmates, all played a role in both his professional success in the 
years after his graduation, and his dedication to the school which 
helped him to achieve some of his life's greatest successes.
  His dedication to Georgetown is legendary. Over the past 33 years, he 
was volunteered to interview Georgetown applicants, founded the 
Georgetown University Alumni Association of Southern California, and 
has endowed five scholarships to benefit financially needy students. In 
addition to scholarships, Mr. Wagner has made unrestricted gifts to the 
Georgetown Annual Fund and endowed the Carroll Quigley Lecture Series, 
which brings experts in international affairs to the University.
  Most recently, Mr. Wagner endowed both a charitable remainder 
unitrust and a charitable lead trust. Both trusts will support the 
reconstruction, renovation and maintenance of the newly designated 
Robert M. Wagner Alumni House.
  Such dedication to the educational institution which served him so 
well is admirable and it is with great pleasure that I ask all Members 
to join me in congratulating Mr. Robert Wagner upon his being bestowed 
this great honor by Georgetown University.

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