[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8569]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO ROBERT OGBURN

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 3, 2003

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
pay tribute to Robert Ogburn and thank him for his extraordinary 
contributions to both the 12th Judicial District of Colorado and the 
greater San Luis Valley. Judge Ogburn officially retired from his job 
as a District Judge in January after more than twenty-six years on the 
bench. Today I would like to honor Judge Ogburn's long and 
distinguished career of service to his community before this body of 
Congress and this nation.
  Judge Ogburn began his legal career in the Army's Judge Advocate 
General's office. In 1966 he entered private practice and later served 
as a District Attorney. Judge Ogburn was appointed to the bench in 
1976, at the same time taking over duties as District 3 Water Judge. 
The longest tenured judge on the 12th Judicial District bench, Judge 
Ogburn presided over many of the major San Luis Valley water cases in 
the past quarter century, as well as the area's high-profile criminal 
cases.
  In addition to his career on the bench, Judge Ogburn has offered his 
time and talent as a teacher at the National College of Court Trial 
Judges in Reno, Nevada and at Adams State College. He was one of only 
about thirty judges from across the United States to attend an advanced 
seminar in Anglo-American Jurisprudence at England's Oxford University 
in 1988. An amateur historian, Judge Ogburn has authored numerous 
articles for historical journals and serves on the boards of both the 
San Luis Valley Historical Society and the state historical society. He 
and his wife, Ann, have been married over forty years and have three 
children and six grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, Robert Ogburn is an exemplary servant to his community 
and to the State of Colorado, and it is with great pride that I 
recognize his career before this body of Congress and this nation. 
Judge Ogburn's presence will be greatly missed in the courtrooms of the 
12th Judicial District, and I would like to extend to him my 
congratulations on his retirement and wish him the best in his future 
endeavors.

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