[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5642]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING DICK GINSBURG

 Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I wish to honor an icon in Oregon's 
legal community and a long-time friend who passed away on March 1. Dick 
Ginsburg was a long-time resident of the small Washington County 
community of Cornelius, and a founding member of the Oregon chapter of 
the American Immigration Lawyers Association, AILA. Dick was one of 
those rare human beings who brought both reason and compassion to every 
issue on which he worked. And I know everyone who met Dick will always 
remember his engaging smile, his joyful enthusiasm and that infectious 
laughter--regardless of the issue.
  Dick often referred to the lifelong impact he felt from his 
experience in the Peace Corps in Paraguay, surely much of it 
attributable to his loving wife of 40 years who he met there, Rosalia. 
Along with their wonderful children, Brian and Laura, the Ginsburg 
family was always exceptionally generous and created an extended 
family, not only in Oregon, but everywhere he went.
  As a friend during my early days at Legal Aid, Dick showed himself to 
be a thoughtful, compassionate, and dedicated lawyer. He understood the 
intricacies of immigration law and devoted his life to making it work 
with equal justice for businesses and people alike.
  While Dick will be remembered by all whose lives he touched, I will 
especially remember my friend as a mentor, a guiding force, and one of 
those people who made the world a better place just for being 
here.

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