[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23079]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING THE LIFE OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN DORN

  (Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, a great South 
Carolinian, in fact a great American, William Jennings Bryan Dorn, 
passed away at the age of 89 on August 13, 2005. He represented the 
citizens of my district from 1947 to 1974, 13 terms, 26 years.
  His list of accomplishments is long and impressive. Before coming to 
DC, he served as the youngest member of both the South Carolina House 
and the Senate, and was a proud veteran of World War II. During his 
service here on Capitol Hill, Dorn became chairman of the House 
Committee on Veterans Affairs, and a strong advocate of military 
personnel. He worked on several pieces of legislation, primarily the GI 
bill, which has enabled countless veterans to get a college education.
  On a more personal note, before he died I had an opportunity to spend 
some time with Representative Dorn and his family, a memory I will 
always cherish.
  To the Dorn family, our prayers are with you as you grieve, and I 
thank you for sharing such a man of integrity with us.

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