June 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1027 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS IN HONOR OF ROBERT V. ANTLE While Bob is a towering figure in the fresh HONORING JAXON RILEY HARVEY produce community, his leadership extends HON. SAM FARR well beyond the industry. Bob is Co-Chairman HON. SAM GRAVES OF CALIFORNIA of the Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute, past OF MISSOURI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES president of the President’s Council at Cali- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fornia State University Monterey Bay, and Thursday, June 19, 2014 Thursday, June 19, 2014 Founding President of Central Coast Water Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Quality Preservation, Inc. Bob also actively Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I honor Robert V. Antle on the occasion of his supports the University of Arizona. In March proudly pause to recognize Jaxon Riley Har- recognition by the Grower-Shipper Association 2005, he was appointed to the California State vey. Jaxon is a very special young man who with the E.E. ‘‘Gene’’ Harden Award for Life- Senate Commission: Agricultural Worker has exemplified the finest qualities of citizen- time Achievement. Bob is a remarkable Amer- Housing and Health. ship and leadership by taking an active part in ican whose vision, innovation, and hard work Mr. Speaker, I know I speak for the whole the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 309, and has helped to shape the Salinas Valley and House in commending Bob Antle for helping earning the most prestigious award of Eagle build one of the largest and most innovative Americans eat better food and the people of Scout. family-owned produce companies in the world. the Central Coast live better lives. Jaxon has been very active with his troop, Bob was born in Salinas, California, in 1935. participating in many scout activities. Over the In 1949, while still in high school, Bob joined f many years Jaxon has been involved with his father, Bud Antle, in the family’s lettuce scouting, he has not only earned numerous harvest operation. During that time he started CONGRATULATING DR. RICHARD merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- to learn the produce business from the ground SHAINK ON HIS RETIREMENT AS ily, peers, and community. Most notably, up. After graduating from Watsonville High MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S Jaxon has led his troop as Patrol Leader. School, Bob attended Stanford University. LONGEST SERVING PRESIDENT Jaxon has also contributed to his community While at Stanford, Bob married Sue Merrill through his Eagle Scout project. Jaxon orga- Crawford. Bob and Sue have been blessed HON. DANIEL T. KILDEE nized and led the pouring of a concrete pad with four children, Rick, Karen, Kathy, and for a picnic shelter at his church that another Mike and further blessed with 17 wonderful OF MICHIGAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Eagle Scout was building. grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in After graduating from Stanford in 1957, Bob Thursday, June 19, 2014 commending Jaxon Riley Harvey for his ac- joined his family’s business and took charge of complishments with the Boy Scouts of Amer- its carrot operation known as ‘‘Antle Carrots.’’ Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I ask the House ica and for his efforts put forth in achieving the He excelled in all aspects of the business and of Representatives to join me in recognizing highest distinction of Eagle Scout. even built a field pack carrot machine. Bob Dr. Richard Shaink, Mott Community College’s then moved into Sales and Marketing eventu- longest serving president, as he prepares to f retire after 14 years of leadership and service. ally becoming the General Sales Manager. In HONORING DELTA AIR LINES AS Mott Community College is a multi-campus in- 1966, Bob relocated to the East Coast to de- THEY CELEBRATE THE 85TH AN- stitution serving Flint and Genesee County, velop the House of Bud, a fruit and vegetable NIVERSARY OF COMMERCIAL Michigan. wholesaler. Under Bob’s leadership, the SERVICE House of Bud opened facilities in New York, He possesses a unique blend of business, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Belgium. community, economic development and edu- In 1972, Bud Antle unexpectedly passed cational experience having served as a former HON. LYNN A. WESTMORELAND away at age 58. Bob, following his father’s college campus president, multi-campus vice OF GEORGIA leadership and example, then became the president, instruction dean, college business/ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CEO of all Antle activities. After six years of industry director, shopping center general Thursday, June 19, 2014 further developing and growing these busi- manager, industrial sales representative, pro- Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, it is nesses, Bob merged the Bud Antle companies duction line supervisor, full-time high school with great honor that I rise today to recognize with Castle & Cooke, now Dole Food Com- vocational teacher, and an adjunct instructor Delta Air Lines as they celebrate the 85th an- pany, and joined their senior management at Michigan State University, Ferris State Uni- niversary of commercial service and the grand team. Over the course of his produce career, versity, and Lansing Community College. reopening of the Delta Flight Museum at its Bob is credited with implementing several He received his Ph.D. in Educational Admin- world headquarters: major produce industry initiatives, such as istration from Michigan State University, but Delta began its first service from Atlanta on wrapping fresh vegetables in the field, devel- affirms that he is most proud of the Associate June 12, 1930, just one year after its first pas- oping distribution centers for the introduction of Arts degree he earned at Jackson Junior senger flight on June 17th, 1929, of wrapped lettuce and other source packaged College. Delta, Atlanta’s hometown airline, operates fruits and vegetables, and producing crops In 2010, Dr. Shaink received the Marie Y. service to more than 200 destinations in the from transplants. Martin Chief Executive Office of the Year world, During the late 1940s, Bob met the Award from the Association of Community Delta is the world’s largest hub at the Tanimura family who operated one of the College Trustees, a national organization of world’s busiest airport, employing more than produce farming operations that his father Bud governing boards representing more than 30,000 employees in Georgia, worked with. Bob and the Tanimuras main- 6,500 elected and appointed trustees who Delta is the largest private employer in both tained and strengthened that relationship over govern over 1,200 community, technical, and the City of Atlanta and the State of Georgia, the years. Finally in 1982, Bob and the junior colleges in the USA and beyond. More- a historic cornerstone of economic develop- Tanimura brothers combined over 50 years of over, under his leadership, Mott Community ment and job creation, mutual friendship, respect, and experience to College was also the recipient of the 2011 Delta has set the standard in Georgia for create Tanimura & Antle. The new company Aspen Institute’s College of Excellence Award community contribution as a company with a combined the Antles’ packing, shipping, and designating MCC as one of the ten best com- rich history of employees putting countless marketing expertise with the Tanimuras’ grow- munity colleges in the United States. hours of volunteerism back into community ing expertise. That combination has helped Mr. Speaker, I applaud Dr. Richard Shaink and local organizations, T&A grow into one of the world’s premier fresh for his exemplary leadership in Genesee It is with great pride that I congratulate Delta produce companies. And it forms the basis of County and congratulate him on his retire- on 85 years of service to Georgia and others T&A’s continued success. ment. worldwide. ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:30 Jun 21, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JN8.015 E20JNPT1 tjames on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1028 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 2014 HONORING SHALARIA JACKSON Curry. Ms. Curry has proudly thanked these Whereas, she led by example from behind Scouts in the media and brought them many the scenes, her beloved Butts family always HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON deserving accolades. knew that her hands and her words spoke OF MISSISSIPPI These young men proved themselves as meaning into everyone she encountered; and Scouts and as citizens of high character and Whereas, this virtuous Proverbs 31 woman IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES responsibility. I congratulate the Scouts of Boy was a wife, a mother, a friend, a matriarch, Thursday, June 19, 2014 Scout Troop 368 on a job well done. and a woman of great integrity; and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- f Whereas, the U.S. Representative of the er, I rise today to honor a remarkable student, Fourth Congressional District of Georgia has HONORING NANINE MEIKLEJOHN Ms. Shalaria Jackson. set aside this day to bestow a Congressional Ms. Jackson is a senior at Humphreys recognition on Mrs. Mildred Butts for her County High School. Throughout her years in HON. SANDER M. LEVIN friendship and service to the citizens in Geor- school, she has been a part of many leader- OF MICHIGAN gia; now therefore, I, HENRY C. ‘‘HANK’’ JOHN- ship organizations, such as: TATU, SADD, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SON, Jr., do hereby attest to the 113th Con- Sister of Sophistication, and Senior Select.