S. Doc. 104-15

Memorial Tributes

Delivered in Congress

Richard C. Halverson

1916-1995

United States Senate Chaplain

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1996

Compiled under the direction

of the

Secretary of the Senate

by the

Office of Printing Services

CONTENTS

Biography

Proceedings in the Senate:

Prayer by the Senate Chaplain Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie

Announcement of death by Senator Robert Dole of Kansas

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Byrd, Robert C., of West Virginia

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Poem, Rose Still Grows Beyond the Wall

Chafee, John H., of Rhode Island

Coats, Dan, of Indiana

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Nickles, Don, of Oklahoma

Nunn, Sam, of Georgia

Specter, Arlen, of Pennsylvania

Thurmond, Strom, of South Carolina

Memorial Service for Richard C. Halverson:

Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, Maryland

Organ Prelude-Fred Markey

Scripture Readings and Comments, Judge Martin Bostetter,

Reverend Bob Strain, Mr. Phil Jordan

Remarks by:

Mrs. Barbara Skinner

Remembrances: The Honorable Mark O. Hatfield

Mr. Doug Coe

Dr. Billy Graham

Louise B. Risk

Jim and Betsy Kumnick

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Concluding Prayer by Richard C. Halverson, Jr
Benediction of Dr. Richard C. Halverson

Postlude-Mr. Ed Weaver

Congress

Dr. Richard C. Halverson, February 4, 1916-November 28,
1995

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Great is Thy Faithfulness-A favorite hymn of Dr. Halver

son ......

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Grateful Reflections, Members of the Senate and Staff, led
by Senator Don Nickles

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Tribute to Chaplain Richard C. Halverson, by Robert G.
Ellis, Jr

Time Frame, by C.J. Martin

Embrace Thee

Amazing Grace-Another favorite hymn of Dr. Halverson
Bendiction

Condolences and Tributes:

Christian Booksellers Association Adding Reverend Richard C.

Halverson to the "Hall of Honor"

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Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award

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Newspaper article from USA Today

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Chaplain Becomes Rough Rider, North Dakota Tribune

Senate Chaplain Gets Rough Rider Award, Grand Forks
Herald

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U.S. Senate Chaplain To Get Rough Rider Award, Grand
Forks Herald

Sermons on the Hill Become a Trademark of Senate's Chap-
lain

Letters of Condolence:

From David Gwaltney

Paul D. Wellstone, U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota
Bob Smith, U.S. Senator from the State of New Hampshire
Billy Graham

Barbara A. Mikulski, U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland
The White House, Vice President Al Gore

Alan K. Simpson, U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming

Daniel K. Akaka, U.S. Senator from the State of Hawaii

Pete Wilson, Governor of California

Edward M. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from the State of Massachu

Paul D. Coverdell, U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia
Christopher S. Bond, U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri
The White House, President Bill Clinton

Patty Murray, U.S. Senator from the State of Washington
Robert H. Schuller

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Paul Simon, U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois

Jimmy Carter

Charles and Patty Colson

Kent Conrad, U.S. Senator from the State of North Dakota
James David Ford, Chaplain, House of Representatives

Sandy Mason

Dick Baker, Senate Historian

Sgt. Kenneth M. Allen

Newspaper Articles and Editorials:

Former Senate Chaplain Richard Halverson Dies, Grand Forks
Herald

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Senate Chaplain Who Retired February 5, Is Dead At 79, Rich-
ard C. Halverson Served 14 Years, Washington Times
Deaths Elsewhere, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Reverend Richard Halverson Was U.S. Senate Chaplain; at 79,
Boston Globe

Richard Halverson; Former Senate Chaplain, Los Angeles
Times

R.C. Halverson Dies; 14-Year Senate Chaplain, Washington
Post

Reverend Richard C. Halverson, St. Petersburg Times

R. Halverson, Ex-Chaplain of Senate, Rocky Mountain News
Richard Halverson, 79, A Senate Chaplain, New York Times
Richard C. Halverson, Retired Senate Chaplain, Arizona Repub-
lic

The Reverend Richard Halverson, Indianapolis News
The Soul of the Senate, Christianity Today

Sam Nunn, U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia
Melvin Jordan, employee at Senate dining room
Mark O. Hatfield, U.S. Senator from the State of Or-
egon

Dr. Richard C. Halverson-At Home With Our Lord, National
Christian Choir News

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Chaplain, Kansas City Star

Reflections of a Retiring Senate Chaplain, The Hill

Most Powerful Man in Washington Retires, York Daily Record

From Youth in Show Business to Chaplain of the Senate, Washington Post

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In Memoriam, International Ministries Fellowship

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