[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 215]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         A TRIBUTE TO DON TYSON

  (Mr. WOMACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOMACK. Madam Speaker, I rise today with great sadness to 
remember one of America's great entrepreneurs, Don Tyson of Springdale, 
Arkansas, who passed away Thursday, January 6, 2011, following a brief 
illness.
  The son of Tyson Foods, Incorporated, founder John W. Tyson, Don was 
former chairman of the board and CEO of a company that began as a 
family business, supplying feed and baby chicks to local producers. It 
became a global food enterprise with annual sales in excess of $28 
billion, over 115,000 team members, and operations in five countries. 
He founded the Tyson Family Foundation and is well-known for his 
philanthropy in the fields of education, conservation, and the arts.
  Don Tyson's ``no bad days'' outlook on life personifies the true 
definition of the pursuit of the American Dream. The State of Arkansas 
and the United States of America have lost an original, and we mourn 
the passing of this industry legend.

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