[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         RECOGNIZING HJALMA E. JOHNSON OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA

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                         HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 29, 2007

  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
honor Hjalma E. Johnson, the recipient of the 4TH Annual Lincoln 
Heritage Award presented by the East Pasco Political Club. This 
prestigious award was established to recognize an outstanding community 
member for his or her commitment to the principles practiced and 
espoused by Abraham Lincoln, as well as for their humanitarian services 
to the community and to Pasco County.
  An unassuming country boy whose reputation precedes him in the global 
marketplace, Mr. Johnson is President of Investment Advisors, Inc., and 
Triple J. Ranch, Inc. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of 
Hyde Park Capital's Advisory Board, Moore, Clayton LLC, a London based 
merchant bank and Crews Banking Corp., Wauchula, Fl. He is also a past 
President of the Florida Bankers Association and the American Bankers 
Association.
  Mr. Johnson graduated from the University of Florida with a 
Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering with High Honors in 1958. A U.S. 
Army veteran, Mr. Johnson served as a Counter-Intelligence Officer at 
the U.S. Army's European Headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany. He 
received a Juris Doctorate from Birmingham School of Law in 1965, is a 
member of the Alabama Bar, and is admitted to practice before the 
United States Supreme Court. He is a 1968 graduate of the Stonier 
Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers University. In addition, he served 
on the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business Advisory 
Council and is the immediate past President of the University of 
Florida Gator Boosters.
  A former Chairman of the Trustees of Saint Leo University, St. Leo, 
FL, Mr. Johnson served on the Salvation Army Service Committee, was 
inducted into the Tampa Bay Business Hall of Fame, and was a board 
member of the Fannie Mae National Advisory Council.
  Mr. Johnson recently celebrated his fiftieth wedding anniversary with 
his high school sweetheart, Laura. Their son, Len, is a practicing 
attorney in Dade City, FL, where he resides with his wife, Nancy. Mr. 
Johnson's grandson, Brock, is a senior at the University of Florida, 
and his granddaughter, Paige, is a freshman at the University of 
Alabama.
  Madam Speaker, Hjalma Johnson is well known for his compassion for 
others and for his commitment and passion to his community and 
profession. I am proud to honor him as an exemplary executive, husband, 
father and grandfather in Florida's 5th Congressional District, and as 
the 2007 recipient of the Lincoln Heritage Award from the East Pasco 
Political Club.

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