[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23583]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO SCOTT HUDELSON

  (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks).
  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, it is my sad duty today to rise and honor 
my friend Scott Hudelson of Flower Mound, Texas. He was a devoted 
philanthropist and a local dentist who died Friday, November 12, when 
his single engine plane developed engine trouble and crashed near 
Lexington, Kentucky. Scott was en route to Chicago to meet his wife 
Mary, a Lewisville physician, who was attending an allergy conference 
there.
  Scott Hudelson, a Minnesota native, opened his Flower Mound dental 
practice after serving in the Army Reserve's Dental Corps during 
Operation Desert Storm. He had earned degrees in engineering and dental 
surgery from the University of Minnesota and is listed as a member of 
the American Dental Association.
  In addition to running a successful practice, Scott made monthly 
trips in his small plane on his own time with his own finances to clean 
and fill the teeth of young patients at the Oklahoma School for the 
Deaf. The school has about 150 students and most live on campus. He 
talked with the patients in their own sign language to help put them at 
ease.
  Scott Hudelson married Mary Brandt on July 4, 1992. Together, they 
have six children, including a grown daughter who is working as an 
accountant in Tikrit, Iraq.
  Tomorrow, I will give the eulogy for my dear friend Scott. I cannot 
adequately express my sorrow to the Hudelson family, but I can say I 
was blessed to have him in my life. My prayers are with Mary and Scott 
and his family as I honor him today.

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