[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4612]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   REMEMBERING ROBERT CHAUNCEY MYERS

                                 califor
                                 nia___
                                 

                          HON. TOM McCLINTOCK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 29, 2011

  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of 
Robert Myers of Roseville, California.
  Robert was born in Ohio in 1937 and as a young child moved with his 
family to Los Angeles where he was raised. At age 17, Robert enlisted 
in the United States Air Force and after completing his training as an 
aircraft mechanic, deployed overseas to Europe. Robert's post was the 
front lines of the Cold War, where he was charged with guarding and 
maintaining strategic nuclear assets. Robert left the service in 1962 
rising to the position of Crew Chief to USAF General Bernard Schriever, 
who oversaw the U.S. strategic missile program and over 40% of the Air 
Force budget. After leaving the armed forces, Robert continued a career 
of service to his community as a firefighter with the Torrance Fire 
Department in Torrance, California, a post he held to his retirement in 
1993.
  Following his long career of public service, Robert and his wife, 
Gwen, moved to Sun City in Roseville, California. It is doubtless that 
by the time Robert moved to Roseville he had already provided more 
service to this country than could reasonably be expected, both through 
his service in the United States Air Force and the Torrance Fire 
Department, but he wasn't finished yet. While living in Sun City, 
Robert became one of the founders of the Tea Party group there: leading 
book clubs, discussions and activities devoted to educating citizens 
and advocating for the founding principles of our country. Mr. Speaker, 
it is the patriotism of men like Robert that will ultimately lead to 
the salvation of our country from our current trials, and I believe 
that his contributions to this fight at home are every bit as valuable 
and important as the years he spent guarding nuclear weapons at the 
height of the Cold War.
  Robert is survived by his wife, Gwen, his four children: Christine, 
Steven, Richard and Elizabeth; and his three grandchildren: Alice, 
Oscar and Sophia. The quality of Robert's dedicated life of service is 
only matched by the remarkable family he supported and raised as a 
loving husband, father and grandfather.
  Mr. Speaker, patriots such as Robert Myers have ensured the safety 
and success of our union from its earliest days to the present time, 
and I have no doubt that his life has served to further that cause. It 
is with a grateful and humbled heart that I rise today to honor his 
memory and thank him for his many years of service.

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