[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12211]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           REMEMBERING LIEUTENANT COLONEL EDWARD H. JOSEPHSON

 Ms. AYOTTE. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the 
exceptional service and the extraordinary life of a dear friend and 
champion for veterans, Lt. Col. Edward ``Ed'' H. Josephson, U.S. Air 
Force retired.
  Born in Syracuse, NY, on February 21, 1938, to Edward Josephson and 
Kathleen Beatrice, the family soon returned to Concord, NH, where Ed 
grew up. At an early age, he enjoyed hunting and fishing, his paper 
route, and visiting the New Hampshire Historical Building. Joining the 
New Hampshire Civil Air Patrol, Ed quickly encourage his love for 
flying, and during his senior year at Concord High School, he learned 
of the new U.S. Air Force Academy, which would be accepting candidates 
for its first graduating class.
  Ed wrote a letter to Congressman Perkins Bass and, soon after, 
received a letter stating he had been nominated for the U.S. Air Force 
Academy. Not long after that, he received a telegram from the Air Force 
Academy saying he had been accepted. In a long and distinguished career 
flying transport planes for the U.S. Air Force, Ed visited all 50 
States, many countries, and all 7 continents.
  After his retirement from the U.S. Air Force, Ed joined AVCO, which 
became Textron Systems Division. Assuming many roles with many jobs and 
titles for Textron, he worked his way up to become vice president and 
ombudsman, a title and job he thoroughly enjoyed.
  Ed Josephson has been a strong and effective advocate for many New 
Hampshire veteran organizations, having served with great distinction 
as the chair of the legislative committee for the New Hampshire State 
Veterans Advisory Committee, and with the board of directors for the 
Military Officers Association of New Hampshire. Ed was proud of his 
work in the U.S. Air Force Academy Association, which was an important 
part of his life. He believed the values expressed in the Honor Code 
were the most important, and he lived his life by those values every 
day.
  Lt. Col. Ed Josephson passed away on September 4 with his family at 
his side. He joins his daughter Karen Baker, who predeceased him on 
December 22, 2014, and leaves behind his wife, Judy Josephson, of 53 
years, son Edward Andrew ``Andy'' Josephson from Charleston, SC, and 
granddaughter Monica Louise Josephson of Bayreuth, Germany, now living 
in Bucksport, ME, his brother Michael A. Josephson from Webster, NH, 
and many others. Our thoughts and prayers are with Judy and the family, 
but we are confident that they will be comforted in knowing that Ed's 
legacy of service and advocacy will live on across New Hampshire. We 
will be forever grateful that he called our great State home.

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