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| WELCOME PRESIDENT ADAMS |
| INTRODUCTION GARY BERTSCH |
| xKEYNOTE ADDRESS GEN. JOHN GALVIN |
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| QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE |
| ABOUT THE RUSSELL SYMPOSIUM |
October 1, 2001
The Richard B. Russell Symposium: The United States, NATO, and International Security in the 21st Century
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Senator Richard B. Russell devoted 50 of his 73 years to public service. At the time of his death in January 1971, he was chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, senior member of the Senate Democratic Policy and Steering Committees, ranking Democrat on the Senate Aeronautical and Space Science Committee, and ranking Democrat on the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. As president pro tem of the Senate, he was third in the constitutional line of succession to the presidency.
His keen sense of responsibility and integrity propelled Senator Russell to a position of influence far greater than his official roles. If a bill was to pass in the Senate, it helped immeasurably to have Richard Russell’s support.
One of Senator Russell’s proudest legislative achievements was his authorship of the historic National School Lunch Program, which now provides millions of hot lunches to school children every day. In 1999, the U.S. Senate passed legislation naming this program in honor of Senator Russell. He also was instrumental in the passage of such landmark measures as the Farmers Home Administration Act and the Rural Electrification Act.
Senator Russell began his political career at age 22 when he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. He served 10 years in the House, the last four as Speaker. In 1930, he was sworn in as Georgia’s youngest governor and first ran for the U.S. Senate two years later. He served Georgia in the Senate for 38 years, becoming the first senator to serve more than half his life in the U.S. Senate.
The Richard B. Russell Foundation Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the memory of Richard B. Russell Jr. through endowed professorships, scholarship and teaching awards, other public service endeavors, and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies on the campus of the University of Georgia.
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