January 27, 2012 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 158, Pt. 1 399 trying, the most difficult, and the most filled World War II ended, he flew six missions over that a successful intercollegiate athletics and with tension,’’ Soviet-bloc ships approached Europe with the 303rd Bomb Group. recreation program for men and women con- the U.S. Navy ships surrounding the island. He then finished his education at Yale Uni- tributes substantially to campus life and com- Much to the relief of the nation and the world, versity, where he gravitated to journalism and munity interaction. on orders from Premier Nikita Khrushchev, wrote a column for the Yale Daily News. Upon While at CSU Stanislaus, Dr. Richards and Soviet ships reversed course and the danger graduation, Mr. Wilson was hired by Life mag- his staff took Warrior Athletics to new heights of what would surely have been a nuclear war azine as an office boy and worked his way up among the Nation’s NCAA DII elite intercolle- was averted. through the ranks from researcher to reporter giate athletics programs. During his time at Dean Rusk famously remarked of that inci- to foreign correspondent. He covered the Ko- CSU Stanislaus, student-athletes graduated at dent that, ‘‘We’re eyeball to eyeball, and I rean War and the French Indochina War be- a rate higher than the general student body think the other fellow just blinked.’’ fore becoming Washington Bureau chief in while maintaining a stellar 3.0 class room On the day President Kennedy was shot, charge of coverage of the U.S. government. In grade point average as a group. Other accom- Mr. Wilson was again at the helm of the USIA, 1960 he joined the Kennedy presidential cam- plishments by Dr. Richards, his coaches, stu- working to reassure the nation’s people that paign and became deputy director of the USIA dent-athletes, and friends of the program dur- the democratic process would continue as de- in 1962. ing Richard’s tenure at CSU Stanislaus in- scribed in the Constitution of the United States In 1957, he married Susan Neuberger, a re- clude: and that their lives and safety would not be al- searcher at Life magazine, who, he states in More than 355 student-athletes were named tered by the assassination. his autobiography, impressed him immediately to all-conference, all-region, and All-American Proud of the fact that the USIA had become with ‘‘her crisp questions and easy sense of honors, as well as receiving accolades as all an integral part of U.S. foreign policy during humor.’’ In 1978, she was appointed to the academic student-athletes at various levels. his tenure, Mr. Wilson left the agency in 1965 New Jersey State Board of Education and 24 Warrior Athletics teams participated in to return to his first employer, Time Inc., subsequently devoted 23 years to the Network NCAA postseason play. More than $6 million dollars was secured in where he became general manager of Time- for Family Life Education, now Answer, a non- private funds for the Intercollegiate Athletics Life International. profit organization that promotes education on He took a leave of absence in 1968 to work program. sexuality. She and Don are the parents of Three separate student fee referendums on Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign three children, Dwight M. Wilson, Katherine L. were passed by CSU Stanislaus students in and was 50 feet behind Kennedy when he Wilson and Penelope Wilson. support of the Athletics program, including the was shot. At that point, Mr. Wilson wrote, he In the 1960s Don and Susie Wilson moved referendum for the recently completed $16 decided not to be involved again in govern- to Princeton, and when Mr. Wilson retired from million state-of-the-art Student Recreation ment service. Speaking for himself and his Time Inc., he and George Tabor, formerly Complex, and two additional referendums to wife Susan Wilson, he stated, ‘‘Two assas- Time magazine’s business editor, launched support Warrior Athletics. sinations, which had broken our hearts, were NJBIZ, a business paper covering the state of Prior to joining CSU Stanislaus, Dr. Rich- enough.’’ Nonetheless in 2000, at the age of New Jersey. He co-founded the nonprofit ards served as Director of Athletics at the 74, he made a brief return to the political Independent Journalism Foundation in 1991 State University of New York at Albany. In this arena during the primaries to support Bill with James Greenfield, a former New York capacity, Dr. Richards provided the needed Bradley’s campaign for the presidential nomi- Times editorial board member. Following the leadership to move the Albany Intercollegiate nation. collapse of communism in the Soviet Union, Athletics program from NCAA DIII classifica- In 1970, Mr. Wilson was named Vice Presi- the IJF sponsored training programs for jour- tion to NCAA Division I status. dent for Public Affairs at Time Inc., a position nalists in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. A native of Liverpool, New York, Dr. Rich- he filled for the next 19 years, where he initi- He was a member of the Century Association ards worked in Division IA athletics for 11 ated internal and external communications and the Council on Foreign Relations in New years at Kansas State University and Temple programs, including the school program, York City. University. As Director of Athletics at Kansas ‘‘Time to Read,’’ matching contributions for Don Wilson died at peace in the arms of his State, Dr. Richards was responsible for an employees who donated to charity, and the beloved wife, Susie, shortly after a Thanks- athletics program which totaled 14 sports with development of a new and modern Time Inc. giving celebration filled with tributes from his an $8.5 million budget. Under his leadership, logo. News tours took him to Southeast Asia, children and grandchildren. the program reached new heights in athletic the Middle East, and Europe. His interest in politics continues to live on in fundraising. He was at the helm in 1984 when Israeli the Donald M. Wilson Fellowship at the Robert From 1982–1991, Dr. Richards enjoyed a General Ariel Sharon sued Time magazine for F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human nine-year association with Temple University, libel. Although Time won the case, it lost the Rights. His legacy as an imaginative and inno- a Division IA institution in Philadelphia. He public relations war, Mr. Wilson states in his vative communicator continues on. spent six of those years as Associate Athletics autobiography. In retrospect, Mr. Wilson be- f Director, a position that included the job of lieved that the case should have been settled Chief Financial Officer. In that role, he man- before it went to court. Another explosive story HONORING DR. MILTON RICHARDS aged all of the administrative and operational in 1971 was a test of Mr. Wilson’s skill in pub- aspects for the Temple University Department lic relations. An authorized biography of reclu- HON. JEFF DENHAM of Intercollegiate Athletics. At Temple Univer- sive billionaire Howard Hughes was scheduled OF CALIFORNIA sity, Dr. Richards also served as an adjunct to be excerpted in Life. Before being exposed IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES faculty member for the Temple University Col- as a fraud by Hughes himself, the author lege of Education teaching graduate and un- Friday, January 27, 2012 Clifford Irving provided material he said was dergraduate courses in Education Administra- handwritten by Howard Hughes that experts Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tion. deemed authentic. The story unraveled before acknowledge and honor former California Dr. Richards is completing a second five- the excerpts were published. State University Stanislaus Director of Ath- year term as a member of the West Virginia Don Wilson was born in Montclair, New Jer- letics, Dr. Milton Richards, who in November University School of Physical Activity and sey, on June 27, 1925. Republican Calvin 2011, after 12 years as the Director of Ath- Sports Sciences President’s Visiting Com- Coolidge was president and the George letics at the California State University mittee. The Visiting Committee is an advisory Washington and Golden Gate Bridges had not Stanislaus, announced he was leaving to take board established to provide input to WVU yet been built. Mr. Wilson’s interest in politics a position as Athletic Director at Simon Fraser President James Clements and College Dean began at an early age, and he was avid in his University in British Columbia. Dana Brooks, on all matters related to the col- support for Franklin Roosevelt, despite the fact He intends to lead Simon Fraser University lege. Dr. Richards is a member the West Vir- that his father was a Republican. He attended on their journey to becoming a full-fledged ginia University Hall of Fame and earned three Montclair Academy, Deerfield Academy in member of the National Collegiate Athletics degrees from WVU, including an Ed.D (1983), Massachusetts. In 1943 he joined the U.S. Association (NCAA). He is guided by the belief a MS (1982), and a BS (1980). He has also Army Air Corps and was commissioned a sec- that intercollegiate athletics is an integral part authored several articles on issues related to ond lieutenant as a B–17 navigator. Before of the overall mission of the university, and intercollegiate athletics.

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Mr. Speaker, there are commending the outstanding contributions sacred obligations all citizens have to their a grateful community, and a lasting journalistic made to intercollegiate athletics by Dr. Milton community: to participate, to serve, and to legacy. Henry was a very special Nebraskan Richards and hereby wish him continued suc- leave their home a more prosperous place who will be truly missed. May his memory be cess in his new journey. than they found it. From time to time, it is my a blessing. distinct privilege to acknowledge outstanding f citizens who have made it their life’s work to f fulfill their sacred obligations. I rise today to THE BRIDGE TO JOBS ACT honor Chief Ricky Watson as he retires from TRIBUTE TO CONGRESSMAN 25 years of service to the Brentwood commu- EDWARD J. DERWINSKI nity, the Memphis community, and the greater HON. JANICE HAHN Tennessee family. Chief Watson began his career in public OF CALIFORNIA HON. JIM JORDAN service by joining the Memphis Police Depart- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment in 1978 where he worked in various pre- OF OHIO Friday, January 27, 2012 cincts as well as in the Criminal Investigations IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Division. A veteran of the United States Air Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, as every American Force, it was no surprise that Chief Watson Friday, January 27, 2012 knows already, we have a jobs crisis in this would join the Tennessee National Guard and Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I am honored earn the rank of 1st Lieutenant. Coming to country. While unemployment has improved today to recognize the accomplishments of within the past year, at 8.5 percent it is still Brentwood in 1986, he served as Captain of former Congressman Edward J. Derwinski, strangling our economy. Over 40 percent of Administrative Services and Captain of Police jobless Americans—who lost their jobs Services until 2000 when he was appointed as who passed away on Sunday, January 15, through no fault of their own—have been out Chief of Police. 2012, after a long and distinguished career of of work for six months or longer, and the A storied legacy of service, Chief Watson service to our country. longer they wait, they harder it is for them to embodies at that we in this chamber hold sa- Ed Derwinski led a fascinating and extraor- find jobs. The fact of the matter is that we will cred. A member of the International Associa- dinary life. An Army veteran, he served in the not see robust economic growth again until we tion of Chiefs of Police, American Legion, and Pacific during World War II and the postwar Leadership Brentwood, Chief Watson has put Americans back to work. occupation. He returned home following his spent his career giving to the noble ideals of We also have an infrastructure crisis. Ac- Army service to earn a degree at Loyola Uni- cording to Transportation for America, there freedom, service, and sacrifice. I thank him for his service and his example, and ask my col- versity in 1951. After a single term in the Illi- are 69,223 bridges that have been classified nois House of Representatives, he was elect- as ‘‘structurally deficient’’ by the Federal High- leagues to join me in honoring Ricky Watson ed to Congress, where he represented Illi- way Administration. Leaving these bridges in for his lasting devotion to a higher calling. their current state of disrepair poses a grave f nois’s Fourth District for 24 years. threat not only to our safety, but also to our A TRIBUTE TO HENRY S. TRYSLA The congressman’s fearlessness was a hall- economy. As the President noted just a few mark of his career, as was most clearly evi- months ago, ‘‘Our aging transportation infra- HON. ADRIAN SMITH dent in his policy toward the USSR. He was structure costs American businesses and fami- of Polish descent and sympathized strongly lies about $130 billion a year . . . And if we OF NEBRASKA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with Poland’s plight under Soviet rule. To this don’t act now, it could cost America hundreds end, President Reagan appointed him to the of billions of dollars and hundreds of thou- Friday, January 27, 2012 State Department, ultimately tapping him as sands of jobs by the end of the decade.’’ Addi- Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I rise Under Secretary for Security Assistance in tionally, studies have shown that our crum- today to honor an icon of the Eastern Ne- bling infrastructure threatens our competitive 1987. The capstone of his long career of pub- braska business community, Henry Trysla. I lic service was his appointment as the first edge in the world economy. As the Wash- was saddened to learn this week he had Cabinet-level Secretary of Veterans Affairs. ington Post reported this past summer, if noth- passed away at the age of 82. Henry’s life ing is done to improve our infrastructure, ‘‘U.S. was linked with Nebraska newspapers for As Chairman of the Republican Study Com- businesses would pay an added $430 billion in more than 50 years. Beginning as a young re- mittee, I am proud to note that Ed Derwinski transportation costs, household incomes would porter and columnist at the South Sioux City was one of our founding members. Heritage fall by more than $7,000, and U.S. exports will Star, he rose through the ranks to become the Foundation President Ed Feulner has written fall by $28 billion.’’ Mr. Speaker, we can’t af- paper’s editor and then a contributing writer that Congressman Derwinski was ‘‘the only ford to wait until the end of the decade; we after his retirement. need action now. senior member who was willing to have the Henry served as president of the Nebraska group meet in his office in those early days,’’ Alleviating both of these crises is not a mu- Press Association which bestowed on him its as other members ‘‘did not want to be viewed tually exclusive endeavor. That’s why I’ve in- highest honor, Master Editor-Publisher. A Ne- troduced the ‘‘Bridge to Jobs Act,’’ a much- braska Press Association Hall of Fame in- as party mavericks by the Republican leader- needed ‘‘win-win’’ for the American economy ductee, Henry led the South Sioux City Star to ship in the House.’’ I am grateful for the solid and public safety. The act provides states with nine community service awards. foundation he and his colleagues built nearly grants to put Americans back to work by re- Henry’s accomplishments did not stop with four decades ago. pairing crumbling bridges. Not only will this his professional life. He was also a devoted Mr. Speaker, Ed Derwinski is now fittingly legislation put Americans back to work and family man and community leader. He and buried in Arlington National Cemetery. On be- bolster our ailing economy, it will also ensure Margaret, his wife of 52 years, raised five chil- half of the Republican Study Committee, I the safety of the millions who use these dren and have twelve grandchildren. Henry offer his family my condolences as we all con- bridges each and every day. I urge my col- was active in the South Sioux City community, leagues to support this crucial investment in holding a variety of offices in service organiza- tinue to celebrate the life of such a tireless de- our workforce, our economy, and our safety. tions and receiving numerous awards, includ- fender of freedom both at home and abroad.

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