[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 7247-7248]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING WHEELOCK WHITNEY

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to remember Wheelock Whitney, a 
Minnesota legend, civic leader, and a friend. Last week Minnesota was 
saddened to learn that Wheelock Whitney had passed away.
  Wheelock was a successful businessman who gave so much back to our 
State. He was an impactful leader, principled, generous, and 
compassionate. When he retired, he passed his knowledge on to future 
generations by teaching at the Carlson School of Management at the 
University of Minnesota.
  Wheelock's civic leadership included playing a large role in local 
sports franchises, like the Twins, the Vikings, and the North Stars. He 
also helped save and improve lives in his founding of the Johnson 
Institute in 1966, one of the Nation's very first drug and alcohol 
abuse treatment centers.

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  Mr. Speaker, it is really hard to put into words the respect that 
Minnesotans have for Wheelock Whitney and his stature as a leader. He 
simply was one of a kind and was somebody who made Minnesota a better 
place. We will miss him.

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