[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12386]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO ARVID ``BUTCH'' HILLER

 Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, I rise to honor a fellow Montanan 
today as he retires from a long and distinguished career in the water 
utility business after 41 years. Arvid ``Butch'' Hiller retires from 
the Mountain Water Company in Missoula, where he is the general 
manager.
  Butch Hiller was raised in Missoula. He spent 10 years supplying 
water to his community through Montana Power and 32 years when it 
became the Mountain Water Company. In other words, Mountain Water has 
never run a day without Butch Hiller contributing to its mission. His 
distinguished career at Mountain Water included recognition by his 
profession, including the Distinguished Public Service Award from the 
American Water Works Association in 2005. His contributions to the 
Missoula community and the State of Montana are numerous, including 
service on the Missoula Rotary Club, the Missoula and the Montana 
Chambers of Commerce, the Montana Power Business Information Panel, and 
the Montana Ambassadors.
  Butch has said one of the keys to his success has been to hire people 
who were better and smarter to help him do what he alone could not do. 
He also said he tried to give people the freedom to achieve success and 
to learn from their mistakes.
  Mr. President, water is our most basic resource. Butch Hiller spent a 
career as a caretaker of that precious resource. As he and his wife 
Lynn begin their retirement and continue to enjoy their four children 
and five grandchildren, I would like to join with other Montana 
residents and thank Butch for his stewardship of our Montana water and 
the many contributions he has made to our community.

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