[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 233]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO DICK HOXWORTH

 Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I would like to take a moment today 
to recognize the career of journalist Dick Hoxworth who, after serving 
the residents of central Pennsylvania for 40 years, retired from his 
post as anchor on WGAL-TV on Christmas Eve.
  The longest serving anchor in the Harrisburg media market, Dick 
covered some of the most newsworthy events in the region's history. 
Most notably, he covered the Agnes flood in 1972 and was one of the 
first reporters on the scene at the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. 
During the Vietnam war he reported on the return of the first American 
prisoners of war, as well as the arrival of the first Vietnamese 
refugees to the United States. In the political arena, Dick Hoxworth 
covered stories at both the Pennsylvania State Capitol and the White 
House.
  Dick was a highly decorated newsman. Over the course of his 
distinguished career, he received awards from the Associated Press, the 
Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, and was nominated for 29 
regional Emmy Awards, winning 3 times.
  But simply listing Dick Hoxworth's accomplishments and accolades 
within the field of journalism doesn't tell his full story. Dick was an 
old-fashioned ``news man,'' getting his start before blogs, the 
Internet, 24-hour cable news, and live satellite feeds. However, as 
time went on, he did one of the most difficult things to do in a 
profession he transcended the changes that were taking place in his 
field. Dick continued broadcasting, writing, and reporting even as the 
faces and technology around him changed with the times. Rather than be 
deterred by these changes, he embraced them and continued to thrive.
  Edward R. Murrow once said, ``the newest computer can merely 
compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human 
beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old 
problem, of what to say and how to say it.''
  For 40 years, Dick Hoxworth knew what to say and how to say it And, 
in doing so, he has made Pennsylvania proud. Today I would like to 
recognize and pay tribute to that service and his long and successful 
career. 

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