[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10097]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING MR. GEORGE CARLSON'S 25 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR SANTA CLARA 
             UNIVERSITY AND THE 17TH DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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                         HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 12, 2014

  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life's work of Mr. 
George Carlson, who will retire in June as a librarian in our Federal 
Depository Library Program at Santa Clara University, after 25 years of 
distinguished service providing U.S. Government information to the 
citizens of the 17th District of California (and previously the 15th 
District).
  Mr. Carlson came to Santa Clara as Head of Government Information in 
1989, and became an outstanding and trusted resource for students, 
faculty, citizens, and library colleagues in the Bay Area. He provided 
countless hours of skilled and tireless research assistance to library 
users. He brought Government information into the digital age, making 
thousands of titles accessible through Santa Clara's online catalog, 
and worked closely with the Government Printing Office on a long-term 
project to originate or upgrade cataloging data for hundreds of 
hearings and documents of both chambers of Congress. Looking to the 
future, he carefully planned the place and role for Government 
information in Santa Clara's new library. He taught Government 
information courses to graduate students at San Jose State University, 
instilling in them the value and importance of open access to the 
documents of our democracy.
  Daniel Webster said, ``Let us develop the resources of our land, call 
forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great 
interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not 
perform something worthy to be remembered.'' In his career of service 
to our Government and his university, George Carlson upheld this ideal 
as he carefully kept and recorded our Government documents and made 
them available to all.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in commending Mr. Carlson for his 
outstanding service, and in wishing him a happy and well deserved 
retirement among his cherished California native plants and roses, and 
pursuing his many volunteer interests.

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