[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9775]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               ANNOUNCING THE BIRTH OF ROBERT RILEY LUGAR

  Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, Char and I want to share with all of our 
colleagues and friends the joyous news of the birth of Robert Riley 
Lugar on April 16, 2007, at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC. 
Robert Riley was a healthy 8 pounds at birth. His parents are our son, 
John Hoereth Lugar, and his wife, Kelly Smith Lugar, daughter of Renee 
Routon Conner and the late Robert Lee Smith. Robert Riley was born at 
6:21 p.m., and within the next hour, Renee, Char, and I were in the 
delivery room to admire a very healthy newborn baby boy and to 
congratulate John and Kelly as we shared these unforgettable moments 
together. Robert Riley joins his big brothers Preston Charles and 
Griffin Mack.
  Kelly and John were married on November 3, 2001, in the Washington 
Cathedral with Dr. Lloyd Ogilvie, former Chaplain of the Senate, 
presiding. They and their families and guests had enjoyed a rehearsal 
dinner in the Mansfield Room of the Capitol on the night before the 
wedding. Kelly worked with many of our colleagues during her service to 
the administration of President George Bush and our former colleague, 
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham, as Deputy Assistant Secretary with 
responsibilities for congressional relations. She now has a private 
consulting business. A graduate of the University of Texas, she was 
once a member of the staff of Congressman Ralph Hall of Texas. John 
Lugar came with us to Washington, along with his three brothers, 30 
years ago. He graduated from Langley High School in McLean, VA, Indiana 
University, and received his master's of business administration degree 
from Arizona State University. He is currently a vice president with 
Jones Lang LaSalle, a commercial real estate services and investment 
management firm.
  We know that you will understand our excitement and our gratitude 
that they and we have been given divine blessing and responsibility for 
a glorious new chapter in our lives.

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