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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 113 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2014 No. 81 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Friday, May 30, 2014, at 2 p.m. House of Representatives WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2014 The House met at noon and was Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise mittee in its work. And he honored the called to order by the Speaker pro tem- today to pay tribute to an extraor- tradition of the office he headed, au- pore (Mr. WOLF). dinary life, to an extraordinary indi- thoring a history of the House Library f vidual, to a dear and good friend of and promoting ties with the Senate Li- mine for many, many years. Emanuel brary and the Library of Congress’ DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO Raymond Lewis was the librarian Congressional Research Service. TEMPORE emeritus, the last and longest-serving As I said, Mr. Speaker, I knew Ray The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- librarian of the U.S. House of Rep- Lewis for much of the time I served in fore the House the following commu- resentatives, a prolific author, archi- the House of Representatives. I got to nication from the Speaker: vist, educator, humorist, historian, il- know him, his sense of humor, his WASHINGTON, DC, lustrator, psychologist, and recognized sense of this institution, his sense of May 28, 2014. expert on military and naval history. decency, and his sense of excitement of I hereby appoint the Honorable FRANK R. He died on May 14. what was going on here and around the WOLF to act as Speaker pro tempore on this He was the husband of my former world. With Eleanor, he traveled in day. chief of staff, Eleanor Lewis, an ex- much of the world; and in each place, JOHN A. BOEHNER, traordinary individual in her own he learned something new and brought Speaker of the House of Representatives. right, who had been Geraldine Fer- it home for all of us. f raro’s chief of staff as well. Dr. Lewis created extraordinary re- search on fortifications, coastal for- MORNING-HOUR DEBATE Ray Lewis was a man of great intel- lect, of great warmth, and of great con- tifications, river fortifications. He was, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tributions to this institution, to his indeed, one of the world’s experts on ant to the order of the House of Janu- country, to his family, and to the intel- that particular historical focus. ary 7, 2014, the Chair will now recog- lectual education of so many. Eleanor Lewis, as I said, was my nize Members from lists submitted by Ray Lewis was a man of the House former chief of staff. She is still a very the majority and minority leaders for and so much more. He lived a life of dear and close friend. She and Ray morning-hour debate. vast experience. He was, as Eleanor ob- were partners in life for over four dec- The Chair will alternate recognition served, a genuine Renaissance man. He ades. They were partners, as well, in between the parties, with each party loved his work and his scholarship and intellectual pursuits and in their love limited to 1 hour and each Member service to the House and to this coun- of this country and of this institution, other than the majority and minority try, which he enriched so extraor- the House of Representatives. They en- leaders and the minority whip limited dinarily well. riched all. to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- During his tenure as an officer in the Ray Lewis was born to two Siberian bate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. House, Dr. Lewis combined disciplined immigrants in Oakland, California, on f intellect with a deep interest in the November 30, 1928. He attended the House’s history and patience to guide University of California at Berkeley IN MEMORY OF EMANUEL RAY- House Members and staff seeking his- and the University of Oregon. While en- MOND LEWIS, LIBRARIAN EMER- torical understanding of this institu- rolled at the University of Oregon, he ITUS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF tion. studied with a grant from the National REPRESENTATIVES During the House Judiciary Com- Institute of Mental Health. He became The SPEAKER pro tempore. The mittee impeachment hearings on Presi- a tenured psychology professor in the Chair recognizes the gentleman from dent Nixon, Dr. Lewis provided critical Oregon University system for a half Maryland (Mr. HOYER) for 5 minutes. historical references to guide the com- dozen years. Dr. Lewis was among the b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H4839 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:16 May 29, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A28MY7.000 H28MYPT1 tjames on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H4840 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 28, 2014 first psychology professors to partici- tion. During the House Judiciary Committee’s ticipate in the creation of the Oregon State pate in the creation of the Oregon impeachment hearings on President Nixon, Board of Psychologist Examiners, and the first State Board of Psychologist Examiners Lewis provided critical historical references to Oregon professor to teach on campus through and was the first Oregon professor to guide the committee in its work. And he hon- television. teach on campus through television. A ored the tradition of the office he headed, au- Dr. Lewis had a life-long love of public Renaissance man, a man before his thoring a history of ‘‘The House Library’’ and spaces and actively worked to preserve park- time. promoting the ties with the Senate Library and land. On May 27, 1937 at age 8, he joined his He had a lifelong love of public the Library of Congress’ Congressional Re- parents and his brother Albert, now deceased, spaces and actively worked to preserve search Service. in walking across the Golden Gate Bridge on parkland. In fact, on May 27, 1937, at From his service as an officer in military in- opening day. He donated specimens un- the age of 8, he joined his parents and telligence from 1954–1956, Dr. Lewis devel- earthed at forts to national and state parks, in- his brother Albert, now deceased, in oped a life-long interest in the history of mili- cluding Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Co- walking across the Golden Gate Bridge tary architecture and technology in the United lumbia River in Oregon. on opening day. He donated specimens States, which culminated in the 1970 publica- To honor his father, Jacob A. Lewis, Dr. unearthed at forts to national and tion of ‘‘Seacoast Fortifications of the United Lewis donated ten acres to the city of Hay- State parks, including Fort Stevens at States’’ published by the Smithsonian Institu- ward, CA—the ‘‘J.A. Lewis Park’’ is now part the mouth of the Columbia River in Or- tion Press. He wrote this work while a Post- of the Hayward (CA) Area Recreation and egon. Ray Lewis, to the very end of his Doctoral Research Associate 1969–1970 at Park District. The elder Lewis had donated the life, digested life, welcomed life. The Smithsonian Institution. Initially an archi- same land area—ten acres—in San Francisco Tennyson wrote a poem about Ulys- tectural student at the University of California to build Congregation Ner Tamid. ses, in which he said: ‘‘I am a part of at Berkeley, Dr. Lewis turned his early drawing In 1965, Dr. Lewis prepared ‘‘A History of all that I have met; yet all experience talents to illustrate his book. San Francisco Harbor Defense Installations: is an arch wherethrough gleams that Commissioned as a First Lieutenant in the Forts Baker, Barry, Cronkhite, and Funston’’ untravelled world, whose margin fades Coast Artillery Corps, he transferred to Military for the State of California Division of Beaches for ever and for ever when I move.’’ Intelligence when the Corps was abolished and Parks. This work, which evolved into Dr. That was Ray Lewis’ psyche. He saw shortly after his commission. As commander Lewis’ later book on coastal fortification, was life as an ever-expanding opportunity of a group of Soviet military defectors—Lewis instrumental in the formation of the Golden to enrich himself and to enrich others was a native Russian speaker—he was as- Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) in with his intellect and his excitement signed responsibility for testing security at mili- 1972. In 1971 Dr. Lewis was called to testify for what could be done and how well he tary bases. He retired as a Captain. before a subcommittee of the House Interior participated in doing for this House, Dr. Lewis researched military documents in Committee during hearings on creating the for this country, and for his family. the National Archives, and traveled extensively GGNRA. Mr. Speaker, my remarks are longer to fortification sites around the country for his Dr. Lewis was well-known to House Mem- than this, and I will not repeat all of book, the first comprehensive work on the bers and especially staff who sought his help them. Much of them have been contrib- subject of coastal fortifications in a century, in researching issues before the Congress. He uted by his wife’s observations and her now used by the U.S.

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