[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 19339-19340]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                    REMEMBERING JAMES VON DER HEYDT

 Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I wish to pay tribute to James von 
der Heydt. In his over half a century of service, James von der Heydt 
built a lasting legacy with distinguished service in all three branches 
of government. Coming to Alaska in 1943 originally to work on the 
construction of the ALCAN Highway, James demonstrated the versatility 
for which Alaskans are famous. By 1945, he was a deputy U.S.

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Marshall in Nome. Seeking to give more to his new home State, James 
left Alaska in 1948 to attend law school. When he returned, he served 
as the U.S. Commissioner at Nome and then as the United States attorney 
for Alaska. He served in the Alaska Territorial Legislature in the 1957 
session and then became one of the first superior court judges when 
Alaska became State in 1959. In 1966, President Johnson appointed him 
to serve as a judge in the U.S. District Court for Alaska where he 
continued to shape the interpretation of Federal laws in Alaska for the 
next three decades. We will all miss his love of Alaska, wisdom, and 
compassion.

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