[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               REMEMBERING HENRY T. ``HANK'' WILFONG, JR.

 Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, as chair of the Senate Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, I join the small business 
community throughout our country in mourning the death of Mr. Henry T. 
``Hank'' Wilfong, Jr., president of the National Association of Small 
Disadvantaged Businesses, NASDB. Mr. Wilfong was a valued partner in 
promoting, improving, and increasing opportunities for firms owned by 
socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. He not only was a 
CPA, with an MBA from UCLA, he also served in a number of capacities 
for Presidents, Governors, and local municipalities. Most notably, Mr. 
Wilfong was the first Black Pasadena City Councilman. He was also a 
three-time Presidential appointee, which included the Small Business 
Administration's Associate Administrator of the 8(a) Program. Later, he 
founded NASDB, a trade organization representing over 300 minority, 
women-owned, service-disabled, veteran-owned, and HUBZone small 
businesses.
  Whether it was his advocacy for parity among the set-aside programs 
or his passion for strengthening the women-owned small business and 
8(a) Programs, we have all been touched by his legacy, which promotes 
equal opportunity for all small businesses to succeed and live the 
American dream of entrepreneurship. With his passing, we also lose a 
U.S. Army Korean War veteran. He was a fighter his entire life, and we 
are all grateful for his service to our country, both in the military 
and as an advocate. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and 
all those whose lives he touched. We will greatly miss Hank Wilfong, 
Jr., who served as the voice for so many small businesses that deserved 
to be heard.

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