[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5408]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                           TRIBUTE TO ED MEAD

  (Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, last month, our world bid 
farewell to Ed Mead, a former president, copublisher, editor, 
columnist, and all-around legend of the Erie Times-News in Erie, 
Pennsylvania, a paper founded by his grandfather in 1888.
  Mr. Mead leaves behind an extraordinary legacy in the newspaper 
business and in the community of Erie, the city where he was born and 
spent so much of his life devoted to connecting with people.
  Mr. Mead was often referred to as ``the voice of Erie,'' leading a 
long and distinguished career that included more than 14,000 features 
for his ``Odds and Ends'' column, one that appealed to so many people 
throughout our region.
  Mr. Mead was so committed to serving his family's newspaper that, 
after graduating from Princeton University in 1949, he turned down a 
contract to play professional football in the National Football 
League's Detroit Lions club; instead, he decided to return to work in 
Erie for the next 63 years at the Erie Times.
  Although Mr. Mead's passing will long be felt at the Erie Times 
Publishing Company and in the entire city of Erie and in the entire 
community, we know he now rests in heaven.
  As is true of all legends, Ed Mead may be gone, but he will surely 
never be forgotten.

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