[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                          EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

                STATEMENT IN HONOR OF JUDGE RONNIE WHITE

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                           HON. RUSS CARNAHAN

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 11, 2007

  Mr. CARNAHAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Judge Ronnie 
White, who recently retired from the Missouri Supreme Court.
  Ronnie White was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1953, and received 
degrees from St. Louis Community College, St. Louis University, and the 
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.
  Judge White has a long and storied career in public service. This 
work included jobs as a Public Defender, at the St. Louis City 
Counselor's office, and as a State legislator in the Missouri House of 
Representatives.
  Since 1994, Judge White has been serving the State of Missouri as a 
Judge. From 1994 to 1995, he served as a Judge for the Eastern District 
of the Missouri Court of Appeals.
  He was appointed by my father, Governor Mel Carnahan, in 1995 and 
served on the Supreme Court of Missouri until his retirement last week.
  During his tenure on the Supreme Court, from 2003 to 2005, he served 
as the State's first African-American Chief Justice.
  Judge White's service to Missouri has extended well beyond being a 
lawyer and a Judge. He has also been dedicated to numerous other 
causes, having served on boards of the St. Louis Housing Authority, the 
Regional Justice Information Services Commission, and the Maria Droste 
Residence for Women.
  I am privileged to call Judge Ronnie White a friend, and am honored 
to pay tribute to him today for his great service to our State.

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