[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 11774-11775]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO PHILIP MERRILL

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                        HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 19, 2006

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay special tribute to an 
outstanding Maryland philanthropist, diplomat and journalist. It also 
is with great sadness that I join many Marylanders in mourning the loss 
of Philip Merrill, chairman of the Capital-Gazette Newspapers.
  Philip Merrill was a visionary who understood the importance of 
education and the environment. Throughout his life, Philip appreciated 
what it meant to give back to his community. His philanthropic gifts 
included $10 million to the University of Maryland College of 
Journalism, $4 million to the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced 
International Studies of Johns Hopkins University and $7.5 million to 
the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
  A Baltimore native, Philip graduated from Cornell University in 1955. 
In 1968, while working for the U.S. Department of State, he purchased 
what was then the Annapolis Evening Capital, now known as The Capital.

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Over the years, Capital-Gazette Communications, Inc. expanded to 
include the Maryland Gazette, the Bowie Blade-News, the Crofton News-
Crier, and the West County News. He also owned Washingtonian Magazine.
  But Philip didn't limit himself to the field of journalism. He served 
as President of the U.S. Export-Import Bank from 2002 to 2005, 
Assistant Secretary-General at NATO from 1990 to 1992, and a member of 
the U.S. Department of Defense Policy Board from 1983 to 1990.
  An avid environmentalist and boater, Philip loved the Chesapeake Bay 
and worked hard to preserve and protect it for future generations. He 
was instrumental in building the Chesapeake Bay's Philip Merrill 
Environmental Center, one of our nation's most environmentally 
sensitive buildings and a model for the future.
  Mr. Speaker, I call upon my colleagues to join me in honoring the 
memory of Philip Merrill a publisher, diplomat, philanthropist and 
environmentalist who strove to make our world a better place.

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