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To Tom Foley Held in Spokane on July 24, 2013 a Whole Lifetime of Service to Our Community and Our Country Is Something THE FOLEY REPORT 2013 March 6, 1929–October 18, 2013 18, 1929–October 6, March Thomas S.Foley director’s update In a cynical age, I still Director Cornell W. Clayton believe that we must 316 Bryan Hall Washington State University summon people to a PO Box 645136 Pullman, WA 99164-5136 vision of public service… Phone: 509-335-3477 Fax: 509-335-2096 [email protected] or, in the end, this ethic foley.wsu.edu determines more than Cornell Clayton The Foley Institute was established at Washington State University in 1995. anything else whether we The mission of the institute is to foster congressional studies, civic education, public service, and public policy research in will have citizens and leaders of honor, a non-partisan, cross disciplinary setting. judgment, wisdom, and heart. Distinguished Professor —Thomas S. Foley Travis N. Ridout, Distinguished Professor in Government ur annual newsletter is arriving later than usual this year. Just Advisory Board 2013–2014 Oas we were going to press came word of the passing of Speaker Daryll DeWald, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Foley. So it is with great sadness that this issue now includes coverage M. Grant Norton, Dean, Honors College of the memorial services held in his honor in Washington, D.C., and Lawrence Pintak, Dean, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. Tom Preston, Director, School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs A remarkable gathering of friends including Congressman Norm Eric Spangenberg, Dean, College of dignitaries attended both services. Dicks, Judge Justin Quackenbush, Business In Washington, D.C., hundreds and family members. Most of the Senior Foley Fellows crowded into Statuary Hall in the speakers paid special tribute to Todd Donovan James R. Simpson Capitol building to listen to eulogies Heather Foley, the woman at his Clive S. Thomas delivered by President Obama, former side throughout his adult life, the Foley Research Fellows President Clinton, House Speaker unpaid staff member during his Kimberly Christen, WSU Department of John Boehner, House Minority Leader years in public service, and a force Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies Chris Faricy, Syracuse University Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader herself. Fittingly, Heather offered the David Pietz, WSU Department of History Harry Reid and Senate Minority concluding remarks at both services. Leader Mitch McConnell, as well Of all the tributes, it might have Administration as by former friends and colleagues Richard Elgar, Assistant Director been Bob Michel’s which stirred the including Congressman John Lewis Vanessa Corwin, Administrative Assistant deepest chord. Noting how he and and former Republican Leader Bob Foley both saw the Congress “as The Foley Institute Report is published annu- Michel, pictured on next page. ally by Washington State University, PO Box one of the great creations of a free 645910, Pullman, WA 99164-5910, for the Foley Institute. In Spokane tributes were offered people,” Michel described how, as 143074 1/14 by Governor Jay Inslee, Senators leaders of opposing political parties, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, the two met weekly to discuss the Congresswoman Cathy McMorris House’s business. They met, he said, Rogers, and by former colleagues and as friends and colleagues with the Paper 2 © U.S. House of Representatives, Office of Photography goal of narrowing the with whom we might deeply disagree. It requires us to Former House Minority Leader differences between treat their views with respect and honor their common Bob Michel their respective parties citizenship. Tom Foley’s commitment to those values and making the institution work for the American made him an effective and beloved political leader, people. Although they often disagreed on policy, and, at a time of such bitter partisan division in our Michel said, their respect and trust in each other country, it explains the remarkable gathering of was never questioned. The two remained friends dignitaries from across the political aisle who came to throughout their lives, and Michel recalled a recent pay homage to his service. visit shortly before Foley’s passing where the two spoke Our best political leaders serve us well while in office for hours with great fondness and satisfaction of the but also leave behind institutions that advance their years they served together in their beloved institution. goals and values long after they depart. The institute Knowing that little mutual respect exists between that bears Tom Foley’s name is now approaching its partisan Congressional leaders today, Michel said, second decade. We have recently moved into a larger “I only hope that the legislators who walk through space at the heart of the WSU campus (more on this here each day will find his spirit, learn from it, and be in our next issue). We are adding new professorships, humbled by it.” With tears welling up, the 90-year-old fellowships, and scholarships, and supporting Michel then concluded, “that is what I have to say in more public education programs and public service honor of my dear friend Tom Foley.” internships than ever. We hope you will take time in Of the many honors bestowed on Tom Foley during the near future to visit us and support us as we seek to his long career, the respect, affection, and friendship of continue the great legacy of Tom Foley his political adversaries is perhaps the greatest measure of the man and of his great civility, integrity, and —Cornell Clayton, Director decency. It speaks to his understanding that democracy requires not just a commitment to those with whom Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service we agree, but, importantly, a commitment to those Washington State University 3 Tom Foley March 6, 1929–October 18, 2013 Memorial Service, Washington D.C., October 29, 2013 America has lost a legend of the United States Congress. —President Barack Obama Former Speaker of the House Thomas S. Foley died © U.S. House of Representatives, Office of Photography peacefully at his home in Washington, D.C., on October 18, 2013, at the age of 84. Services in his President Barack Obama memory were held in Washington, D.C., on October 29 and in Spokane on November 1, where friends, Leader Robert Michel, Majority Leader Harry Reid, family, and those who had worked with him during Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Minority his 35 years of service to the nation gathered to Leader Nancy Pelosi, Representatives John Lewis and remember. Jim McDermott, and Former Representative Norm Dicks—a bipartisan cortege, befitting the passing of At his memorial service in Statuary Hall on Capitol a great American statesman, gave weight to Foley’s Hill, Foley was hailed by President Obama as a legacy of compromise and civility. © The White House Photo Office © The White House Photo Office paragon of civility: “It was his personal decency to With 500 of the country’s most powerful political bring civility and order to a House that demanded leaders filling Statuary Hall, the memorial in the both and still does.” The President praised Foley’s nation’s capital was attended by those who sought ability to find compromise. “America has lost a legend to honor an individual for what he represented: a of the United States Congress…Tom’s straightforward comparatively halcyon time emblematic of a more approach helped him find common ground with civilized period in our politics. members of both parties.” Former President Clinton, who knew Foley well, Tom was also eulogized by Former President Bill said of him, “His leadership made possible things Clinton, Speaker John Boehner, Former Minority that mattered to me.” Even after Foley lost his House 4 © U.S. House of Representatives, Office of Photography © U.S. House of Representatives, Office of Photography Former Minority Leader Bob Michel President Obama and Heather Foley seat, and was no longer able to represent his beloved 5th all of my years knowing Speaker Foley and seeing him district, he continued to maintain his dedication to public on the floor, or in small meetings, I never heard this service without hesitation. Seldom consulting his notes, man, this good man, speak or say a bad word about Clinton emphasized Foley’s statesmanship, insight, and anyone…as a leader he believed you should build and courage, “He still believed that the purpose of political not tear down, reconcile and not divide…he stood service was to ‘get the show on the road.’ I will never for diplomacy and mutual respect even toward his forget this…as long as I live.” opposition…he did not subscribe to the politics of personal destruction.” This was echoed by other speakers. Former Minority Leader Bob Michel, who served with Foley, spoke of his Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican admirable ability to lead the House through effective leader, said Foley believed in reaching across the aisle, deliberation and debate. “He was a gentleman of the even when his fellow Democrats criticized him for it. House, and a fair and honest broker, and a worthy “His faith in government was, shall I say, a little more adversary…he knew that there would always be a robust than mine,” McConnell said, “but we shared distinction and separation between campaigning for a deep respect for the institution and a belief that office and serving in office,” he said. Foley knew that working with the other side, particularly at a time of to be effective meant being willing to subject one’s divided government, is no heresy when it enables you principles “to open debate against those who do not to achieve some good for the nation.” share those principles, and do it respectfully.” As a politician, Tom Foley was consistently concerned Michel spoke of Foley’s conviction for the democratic with being an effective and diplomatic leader.
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