[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16589]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     RECOGNIZING RICHARD G. LANDIS

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                          HON. TOM McCLINTOCK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 2, 2011

  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Richard 
Landis of Lake Wildwood, California. Mr. Landis grew up in Marysville 
and Yuba City. He and his wife, Beth, met while attending the 
University of La Verne. They have three grown children.
  Dick Landis began his long legacy of contributing to his community by 
serving our country as an aviator in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He had a 
distinguished military service record, having flown the P-38 and the P-
51 in two and a half combat tours in the European theater.
  After graduating from La Verne and leaving military service, Dick 
went on to have a very successful business career, eventually rising to 
be Chairman and CEO of the Del Monte Corporation, as well as serving on 
the boards of several other corporations. During his tenure in the 
private sector Dick was known for his active involvement in the 
communities in which his firms did business. He was named California 
Manufacturer of the Year in 1981 and given the Good Scout Award as well 
as the Silver Beaver Award in 1975 by the San Francisco Bay Area 
Council of the Boy Scouts of America, of which he was Executive Board 
Chairman.
  In the 1980s, Landis retired to Lake Wildwood. In Nevada County, Mr. 
Landis has been a very enthusiastic supporter, member of the Board and 
major donor to Music in the Mountains, Penn Valley Rotary becoming a 
Paul Harris Fellow many times over and having received Rotary 
Foundation's Major Donor Recognition, supporting and advising Nevada 
County Habitat for Humanity, along with several other non-profit 
organizations. He has authored two books on business and personal 
ethics, one of which is aimed at encouraging youth to be active members 
of their communities throughout their lifetimes.
  This weekend, the Rotary Club of Penn Valley, California will host a 
dinner in Dick's honor to thank him for his many years of support for 
his community and to raise funds to endow the Dick Landis Music in the 
Mountains Rotary Scholarship through the new Penn Valley Rotary 
Foundation. The group is right to honor Mr. Landis, and I am proud to 
rise today in recognition of his fine example of how a citizen can 
contribute to his community and country.

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