[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6235]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                 A TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH LUCIAN WYATT, JR.

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 6, 2013

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of Joseph 
Lucian Wyatt, Jr. of Pasadena, California, who was an influential force 
in Southern California legal circles as well as an exceptional 
community activist.
   Joe was born in Chicago, Illinois, the only son of Joseph and Cecile 
Wyatt. From 1942 to 1945, Joe served in the United States Air Force as 
a First Sergeant in the USAAF Troop Carrier Command in England, France, 
and Germany. After returning home, Joseph received his undergraduate 
degree from Northwestern University in 1947 and his law degree from 
Harvard Law School in 1949. He then moved to California to practice law 
and soon met Marge Simmons at a California Federation of Young 
Democrats Convention. They married in 1954.
   Mr. Wyatt practiced trust and estate law for three law firms, 
specializing in trust and estate planning, fiduciary and tax practice, 
and trial and appellate litigation on behalf of individual and 
institutional clients. Most recently, Mr. Wyatt served as Senior of 
Counsel to Morrison/Foerster LLP. He authored an impressive four-volume 
treatise on Trust Administration and Taxation, and since 1962 he has 
been a prominent lecturer in his field. He was also an active member of 
many professional organizations. Mr. Wyatt was known as a people's 
lawyer and will be fondly remembered as a bow tie aficionado, rarely 
being seen in public without a bow tie.
   Joe served his community as a board member of the Pacific Oaks 
College and Children's School, the California State Personnel Board, 
the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees 
Retirement System, and anti-poverty agencies of Pasadena and Los 
Angeles. In addition, he also supported many non-profit organizations 
that specialized in education and children's services. Joe was the 
counsel to the California delegation at six Democratic National 
Conventions, prior to which he was a delegate to four conventions. He 
was very active at state and local Democratic Party events, often 
serving as a skillful parliamentarian.
   Joe Wyatt was a very accomplished man, an admirable lawyer, and a 
great husband and father. He was principled, intelligent, humble, and 
humorous. He will be greatly missed not only by his wife Marge and 
their four children Daniel, Linn, Jonathan, and Lawrence, but by the 
entire community. I ask all Members to join me in remembering Joseph 
Lucian Wyatt, Jr.

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