[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6766]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF ROBERT H. McKINNEY

 Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, I inform my colleagues of the 
retirement of a remarkable figure in my home State of Indiana, Robert 
H. McKinney.
  Bob McKinney has been a friend of mine since my days as Mayor of 
Indianapolis. During that time he was critical to the passage of Uni-
Gov, the massive restructuring of the boundaries and governmental 
structure of the City of Indianapolis. His bipartisan support of this 
shared vision was instrumental in allowing for the progress and 
prosperity of Indianapolis.
  Bob's commitment to public service began at an early age. After 
graduating from the United States Naval Academy Bob, served for 3 years 
in the Pacific Theater. Additionally, he served two more years in the 
Pacific during the Korean War. He is a fine product of both the Naval 
Justice School and the Indiana University School of Law. Bob also holds 
Honorary Doctorates of Law from Marian College and Butler University.
  Supplementing his impressive academic and military careers, Bob 
remains a consistent voice in public service throughout the State of 
Indiana and nationally. From 1989 to 1998 he was a trustee of Indiana 
University, including a term as President of the Board from 1993-1994. 
He was Chairman of the Board of Advisors of Indiana University-Purdue 
University at Indianapolis and was formerly a director and Chairman of 
the Board of Trustees of Marian College. Additionally, as a trustee of 
the Hudson Institute, the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, the Indiana 
University Foundation, and the Sierra Club Foundation, Bob continues to 
encourage sound public policy.
  During the administration of President Carter, he served as Chairman 
of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation, the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation, and the 
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. Currently, he is a member of the 
Presidential Advisory Board for Cuba.
  Bob has likewise achieved numerous successes in the private sector. 
After cofounding one of the largest law firms in Indianapolis, Bose 
McKinney & Evans LLP, Bob served as Chairman of The Somerset Group, 
Inc., a publicly traded financial services company. In 2000, The 
Somerset Group merged into the First Indiana Corporation, a publicly 
traded bank holding company that operates First Indiana Bank, the 
largest bank based in Indianapolis. Now, Bob is preparing to turn those 
duties over to his able daughter, Marni McKinney.
  I am pleased to have had this opportunity to call to the attention of 
my colleagues the extraordinary accomplishments of Bob McKinney. I 
admire his idealism and sustained energy and I join his wife, Arlene, 
his five children and five grandchildren, in wishing him every 
continuing success as he enters this new chapter of his life.

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