[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 22]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 30889]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING BERT S. TURNER

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                           HON. DAVID VITTER

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 20, 2003

  Mr. VITTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Bert S. Turner, a 
distinguished alumnus of Louisiana State University. He has been 
selected by the LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction to receive 
the Alumnus of The Year Award. Every year, this award is bestowed to an 
individual not only for his or her distinguished accomplishments, but 
also for commitment and generosity to the university and the LSU Alumni 
Association.
  Mr. Turner began his engineering and military career at LSU in 1939, 
where he became President of the College of Engineering Student 
Council, the LSU Post of American Society of Military Engineers, and a 
member of Tau Beta Pi. Following military duty, he then went to the 
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and graduated in 
1949. For eleven years, from 1946 to 1957, Mr. Turner was recognized 
for his personal and civic accomplishments. Most notably, he was given 
the Distinguished Service Award for Baton Rouge in 1954, which 
recognized him as a loyal member of the community. After working in 
various engineer and management positions, he eventually became 
President and Chairman of the Board of Nichols Construction 
Corporation, a position he held for twenty years.
  He has also served on the boards of the Baton Rouge Chamber of 
Commerce, the Louisiana State Museum Board, the Louisiana Labor 
Management Commission, the Salvation Army, the State of Louisiana Board 
of Regents for Higher Education, and the YMCA. He was previously 
inducted into the LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction in 
1993 and the LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction in 1996. 
Presently, he is the Chairman Emeritus of the Board for Turner 
Industries, Ltd.
  I extend my best wishes to Mr. Turner, the most recent recipient of 
this prestigious award, and to LSU for its support.

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