[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16957]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO JUDGE MICHAEL M. MIHM

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                            HON. RAY LaHOOD

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 21, 2004

  Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Judge Michael 
M. Mihm on receiving the USAID Outstanding Citizen Achievement Award. 
The award recognizes volunteerism in overseas development context. In 
January 1994, Judge Mihm was appointed the first chairperson of the 
Committee on International Judicial Relations by Chief Justice William 
Rehnquist. In 2000, he was approached by the Librarian of Congress, Dr. 
James Billington, to help design an expanded rule of law component for 
the Library of Congress' Open World Leadership Center. Judge Mihm has 
hosted three Open World delegations at his home. He continues to serve 
as the Russian liaison for the Committee on International Judicial 
Relations to the Open World Partnership. Judge Mihm also provides 
voluntary counsel to Open World and USAID's Russian American Judicial 
Partnership.
  Judge Mihm has dedicated several years of his time to the Committee 
on International Judicial Relations and the Open World program. I am 
happy to recognize him for his work and dedication to these programs.

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