[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16187]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING MR. SAMUEL JAMES ``SANDY'' KAHN

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                           HON. DUNCAN HUNTER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 19, 2004

  Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, I and my colleague, Congressman Randy 
Cunningham, rise today to recognize and commend to the House a man who 
embodies the spirit of America and has worked tirelessly for his 
community. Mr. Samuel James (``Sandy'') Kahn, a third generation 
Californian, has had both a distinguished business career and an 
unselfish record of community and philanthropic service.
  Sandy received his undergraduate, graduate and law school education 
at the University of San Diego. He is Chairman and Chief Executive 
Officer of one of our country's largest privately owned real estate 
development companies that developed in excess of 25% of the 
developable land in the City of San Diego. Although a successful 
business owner and executive, Mr. Kahn has always been committed to 
public service. He became a member of the San Diego Sheriff's 
Department Reserve program. Sandy graduated first in his academy class 
and progressed through the ranks from Deputy to Sheriff's Captain 
retiring honorably in 1995 after 25 years. For his service he received 
the department's highest award for meritorious service.
  He has given unselfishly of his time to his community, State and 
nation. He was selected by the Adjutant General of the State of 
California to serve on the Advisory Board for Homeland Security. The 
San Diego County Board of Supervisors appointed Sandy to its Board of 
Economic Advisors for two terms. He serves as the Chairman of the Board 
of Trustees of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law and in October of 
2001 he was appointed by the CEO of the San Francisco Federal Reserve 
bank to the ``Beige Book'' survey committee of leading economic 
indicators. He is a trustee of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation 
which is committed to defending the interests of crime victims and law 
enforcement through both State and Federal appellate jurisdictions.
  Mr. Speaker, Congressman Duke Cunningham and I ask that the House 
commend Mr. Kahn for his accomplishments and his service to our Nation.

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