[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 31818-31819]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING ROBERT MANT

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                        HON. WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 15, 2007

  Mr. DELAHUNT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Robert Mant, a 
constituent who lost his courageous 9-year battle with colon cancer on 
March 29, 2007.

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  This week, the Town of Brewster, Massachusetts, will honor Bob for 
his many years of dedicated public service by naming a stunning stretch 
of beach along Cape Cod Bay as ``Mant's Landing''.
  First and foremost, ``Captain Bob'', as he was lovingly referred to 
by family and friends, was the ultimate family man. He married his high 
school sweetheart Linda, and was a loving and devoted family man to the 
very end. His three children, Sara, Joshua and Nicole, were the 
absolute center of his life, and there was nothing he would not and did 
not do for them.
  A brilliant and passionate leader of men, Bob was voted President of 
his senior class and captain of his football team at Kearny High School 
in New Jersey. He would go on to excel at Princeton University, where 
he pursued his passion for the ocean. Upon graduation, he converted a 
100 acre copper mine into a salt water lake and founded Maine Sea 
Farms, a pioneer aquaculture venture where he raised Pacific Coho 
Salmon.
  Bob would continue to be a leader and innovator in the field of 
marine biology for the next 40 years, always doing things in his own 
unique way. He spent his last 20 years as the Director of Natural 
Resources for the Town of Brewster, and was admired by all for his 
dedication to protecting the town's beaches, ponds and shellfish. More 
importantly, Bob was respected for the way he approached his job and 
for his many acts of kindness.
  Bob's one-of-a-kind personality, his unparalleled toughness, and 
passion for life were an inspiration to all who knew him. This past 
spring, the town unanimously voted to honor Bob by dedicating a stretch 
of beach along Cape Cod Bay, ``Mant's Landing''. It is a fitting 
tribute for such a remarkable man.

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