[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17392]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             IN HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF DR. ROBERT MULLER

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 29, 2010

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor and remembrance of 
Dr. Robert Muller, a lifelong champion for peace who served humanity 
tirelessly throughout his life.
   Born in Belgium in 1923, Dr. Muller was raised in the Alsace-
Lorraine region of France where he experienced unrelenting political 
and cultural turmoil. During World War II he was a member of the French 
Resistance and was imprisoned by the Germans during the Nazi 
occupation. In 1948, he won an essay contest with his entry about how 
to govern the world. The prize was an internship at the newly created 
United Nations.
   The internship set him on a life path that led to 38 years of work 
behind the scenes at the United Nations where he rose to the official 
position of Assistant-Secretary General, serving three Secretaries 
General.
   In 1986, Rodrigo Carazo, the President of Costa Rica, proposed that 
Dr. Muller become the chancellor of the U.N. University of Peace in 
Costa Rica of which he was the co-founder.
   His deeply spiritual understanding of our planet and the life that 
graces it led him to create a ``World Core Curriculum'' which is taught 
at 34 Robert Muller Schools around the world. The Curriculum earned him 
the UNESCO Peace Education Prize in 1989 and the honorary title of 
``father of global education.'' He also received the Albert Schweitzer 
International Prize for the Humanities and the Eleanor Roosevelt Man of 
Vision Award.
   He was a prolific writer, having published fourteen books in various 
languages, including ``2000 Ideas and Dreams for a Better World'', in 
which he proposed concrete, visionary ideas designed to create a 
peaceful and harmonious planet.
   Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honor and 
remembrance of Dr. Robert Muller, who will be deeply missed. I offer my 
heartfelt condolences to his entire family and to his many friends. Dr. 
Muller's life is one to celebrate, as he lived it with a generous 
heart, a true joy for living and unwavering love for his family, 
friends, colleagues and our beautiful planet.

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