January 12, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S301 

Committee has unanimously passed 

NOPEC on four separate occasions, 

most recently on May 22, 2007. During 

the 109th Congress, the legislation 

passed the Senate by a vote of 70 to 23 

as an amendment to the Clean Energy 

Act. It was stripped out in conference. 

NOPEC passed the House last year by 

an overwhelming vote of 345 to 72. The 

bill even has the support of the conservative Heritage Foundation, which 

has noted that NOPEC ‘‘would place 

much needed pressure on OPEC.’’ 

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TRIBUTE TO EDYTHE 

SALZBERGER 

Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I 

would like to pay tribute to Edythe 

Salzberger, who passed away at the age 

of 99 last month. Edythe devoted her 

life to the belief that the creative process is both healing and life enhancing. 

An interest in art created by psychiatric patients led her to the Hillcrest Children’s Center, a home for 

emotionally disturbed children, where 

she began her years of service to the 

disabled and distressed. A pioneer in 

the field of art therapy, Mrs. Salzberger wrote numerous articles, 

trained clinicians and other mental 

health professionals, established an art 

therapy program at Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Israel, and helped found 

the Washington chapter of what later 

became the American Art Therapy Association. Art therapy is based on the 

belief that the creative process involved in artistic self-expression helps 

people solve problems, develop interpersonal and conflict resolution skills, 

manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-esteem and self-awareness, 

and achieve insight. It is used to treat 

patients of all ages dealing with a host 

of problems related to emotional and 

mental disorders, substance abuse, 

trauma, loss, neurological injuries, and 

psychosocial difficulties resulting from 

medical illness. A life-long painter, 

Edythe Salzberger combined her desire 

to create with her desire to help. She 

will be missed not only by friends and 

family but by all the patients and practitioners of the field she helped pioneer 

and the respected professional association she helped create. 

I ask unanimous consent to have the 

obituary of Edythe Salzberger from the 

December 15, 2008, edition of the Washington Post printed in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the 

RECORD, as follows: 

[From washingtonpost.com, Dec. 15, 2008] 

EDYTHE SALZBERGER, 99; PIONEER IN ART

THERAPY

Edythe Woolf Polsby Salzberger, 99, one of 

the first art therapists in the Washington 

area, died Dec. 5 of anemia at her home in 

Chevy Chase. 

Mrs. Salzberger was a painter in her early 

years who received an associate’s degree 

from the Rhode Island School of Design in 

1931. She studied painting at the Museum of 

Fine Arts in Boston and later with artists 

Robert Brackman and William Shulgold. 

She developed an interest in art created by 

psychiatric patients and in 1950 began to 

study projective drawings under the direction of Fritz Wengraf in New York. 

‘‘I always struggled between painting as an 

end in itself and practicing art therapy,’’ she 

once wrote. 

Moving to Chevy Chase in 1950, she began 

working as an art therapist in 1957 at Hillcrest Children’s Center, a residential treatment facility for emotionally disturbed children. The center, located on Nebraska Avenue NW on the site of what is now the National Presbyterian Church, later closed for 

lack of funding and was incorporated into 

the psychiatric services offered by the National Children’s Medical Center. She also 

provided training to clinicians at D.C. General Hospital on the use of art therapy, and 

established an art therapy program at Chaim 

Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in 

Israel. 

Art therapy was a relatively new discipline 

when Mrs. Salzberger began her career, and 

she became one of the founders of the Washington chapter of what later became the 

American Art Therapy Association. She published numerous articles in professional 

journals and produced one of the first films 

demonstrating the use of art therapy. Titled 

‘‘Michael,’’ the film was designed for use in 

university classes. 

She was born Edythe Woolf in Providence, 

R.I. In 1931, she married her college sweetheart, Daniel Polsby II, and lived in New 

Haven and Norwich, Conn., where her husband was a businessman and farmer. She 

worked on the family farm during World War 

II, when agricultural workers were hard to 

find. The farm produced as many as a thousand eggs daily; they were sold under contract to an Army camp on Cape Cod. 

Her husband died in 1946, and she moved to 

Chevy Chase with her three sons. She was 

one of the founders of Temple Sinai in the 

District and was active in a number of Jewish charitable organizations. 

She completed requirements for her undergraduate degree at RISD in the late 1950s. 

In 1966, she married Henry X. ‘‘Hy’’ 

Salzberger, a recently retired Texas department store executive, and moved to Dallas. 

She helped her husband in the two organizations he founded, Dallas Taping for the Blind 

and a local radio station for the blind. She 

also lectured on art therapy at hospitals and 

at the University of North Texas, and supervised therapists-in-training. 

When Mrs. Salzberger’s husband died in 

1994, she returned to Chevy Chase to be closer to family and friends. She also resumed 

painting. 

Her son, Nelson W. Polsby, died in 2007. 

Survivors include two sons, Allen I. Polsby 

of Bethesda and Daniel D. Polsby of Fairfax 

County; eight grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. 

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IDAHOANS SPEAK OUT ON HIGH 

ENERGY PRICES 

Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, In midJune, I asked Idahoans to share with 

me how high energy prices are affecting their lives, and they responded by 

the hundreds. The stories, numbering 

well over 1,200, are heartbreaking and 

touching. While energy prices have 

dropped in recent weeks, the concerns 

expressed remain very relevant. To respect the efforts of those who took the 

opportunity to share their thoughts, I 

am submitting every e-mail sent to me 

through an address set up specifically 

for this purpose to the CONGRESSIONAL

RECORD. This is not an issue that will 

be easily resolved, but it is one that deserves immediate and serious attention, and Idahoans deserve to be heard. 

Their stories not only detail their 

struggles to meet everyday expenses 

but also have suggestions and recommendations as to what Congress can 

do now to tackle this problem and find 

solutions that last beyond today. I ask 

unanimous consent to have today’s letters printed in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the 

RECORD, as follows: 

I am a forester and a close job for me is 100 

miles round trip per day. Occasionally I can 

camp out near the job, but not always. I am 

required by the nature of forest roads and 

the nature of my business to drive a fourwheel drive pick-up. This is not energy-efficient, but there is nothing I can do to change 

the nature of my business. 

I have been a practicing professional forester for over 40 years, and this crisis is not 

a surprise to me. I have seen it coming since 

the Wilderness Act was passed in the early 

1960’s. 

The current energy crisis is merely one 

part of the larger problem and that being the 

misanthropic environmental movement that 

refuses to use and manage our natural resources for the benefit of mankind and particularly our great nation. 

When I started my career in forestry, Region 6 of the U.S. Forest Service returned 

timber stumpage dollars to the U.S. Treasury in addition to the counties for roads and 

schools. The U.S. Congress, under pressure 

from an ignorant and dedicated misanthropic 

preservation movement, has relegated the 

U.S. Forest Service into a hopeless, ineffective agency that now draws money from the 

Treasury. 

The U.S. Forest Service has managed to go 

from a win-win situation to a lose-lose situation in a little over forty years. 

I have used the following analogy for 

years: you or me, Senator Crapo, are given a 

fully stocked grocery store and within a 

week have gone broke, have rotting produce, 

have burned down our storage room and are 

requesting funds from the bank. 

The U.S. Forest Service burns millions of 

acres of forest annually. Insect epidemics are 

destroying millions of acres annually, and 

the logging industry has been emasculated 

to the point whereby firefighting is ineffectual i.e. no roads, no tractors, etc. 

I may have appeared to go off-track with 

my discussion of forest management issues, 

but I assure you the issues confronting forestry are the same as those facing other natural resources, both renewable and non-renewable. 

The oil industry has regulations forbidding 

drilling in the Arctic, offshore in continental 

U.S., no refineries, etc. 

Energy is suffering, no nuclear, no coalfired, breaching dams, and, in short, these 

‘‘well-intentioned’’ environmental whackos 

are more intent on destroying our capitalist 

system than saving resources. 

P.S I am working with folks who own the 

patent rights on a machine that converts 

forest slash into a powder that we think is 

the breakthrough for the cellulosic production of ethanol. 

LEWIS, Eagle. 

We are retired and on a fixed income. We 

can drive or not as we wish, unlike other 

folks who work. All of the things you mentioned in your e-mail should be accomplished. Becoming non-dependent on foreign 

sources for fuel should be a top priority. 

When our former President said we will start 

a program to put us on the moon before, the 


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population and industry responded. If our 

leaders will take the same approach to developing our oil sources, wind power, nuclear 

power, and all other alternative energy, and 

encourage conservation, I believe the American people and industry will rise to the 

challenge. Why did we not learn the last 

time when we all parked in lines on our 

given day to get gas? 

LAURA, Twin Falls. 

I cannot understand why Congress cannot 

see the need to allow the United States to 

access more of our own energy sources. Yes, 

we need new alternative fuels, but we also 

need to become more realistic about our solutions to the energy crisis. We need to combine research and start making use of our 

own current oil discoveries. We need to start 

drilling in the places where oil has already 

been discovered. Why has Congress ridiculed 

President Bush when he asked the Saudis to 

produce more oil when Congress refused to 

do the same right in our own country? He did 

ask Congress first. I would like to see the 

Congress invite the scientists who do not 

agree with man-made global warming to testify and bring their facts forward. Forming 

an energy policy on an unproven crisis does 

not make much sense. 

On another subject, why do the senators 

only take calls and emails from their home 

states when all of you represent the United 

States of America and your actions impact 

all of us? 

GLORIA. 

We have let the left with their environmental agenda hijack our country and many 

[conservatives] are allowing it to happen. If 

we do not start drilling in ANWR and offshore [and] using coal in place of petroleum, 

we are going to be in a world of hurt. Alternative energy sources are going to be great 

when they get here, but that is a generation 

away. As a country trying to stave off the 

jihadist and Latin dictators, we had better 

be self-dependent on our own energy. I hope 

Congress understands their culpability in 

this mess as well as the President. How 

about a reduction in fuel taxes? If the American people continue to be pressed, they will 

react; there are unintended consequences 

that may be very surprising to some. Thanks 

for your service to Idaho. 

WADE. 

We are a retired couple. When we were 

working, we socked lots of our money into 

various retirement funds and, therefore we 

are comfortable even with the high energy 

costs, at least at the present time. Due to 

our fixed incomes, we watch prices going sky 

high and this gives us concern. 

ABC News, June 11, 2008 released the following and I am wondering if you could 

verify this. 

‘‘Congress decides how much oil companies 

are taxed, what forms of alternative energy 

development—such as solar and wind 

power—are subsidized, where oil companies 

can drill and how fuel efficient our cars need 

to be.’’ 

‘‘For years, lawmakers have fought over 

proposals to expand offshore drilling in the 

Gulf of Mexico and to allow drilling in the 

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. 

Republicans have pushed for such increased 

exploration, but Democrats killed the latest 

push, saying it would do little to ease gas 

prices in the short term and could have dire 

environmental consequences.’’ 

‘‘There is oil in the Arctic but getting it 

would come at a cost.’’ 

‘‘The Democrats came back with their own 

hodgepodge of ideas, including giving the 

president the authority to declare an ‘energy 

emergency’ and sue OPEC nations, prosecute 

price gougers and assess a ‘windfall profit 

tax’ on oil companies. Senate Republicans 

killed that measure.’’ 

‘‘And for years Congress has ignored proposals to increase fuel-efficiency standards, 

or CAFE standards. The standards just got 

their first major overall in three decades 

with the new legislation calling for automakers to boost fleet wide gas mileage to 35 

miles per gallon by 2020.’’ 

‘‘Although the public has clearly moved to 

the acceptance stage, Congress has not. Congress is still stuck at this anger stage so 

they want to blame speculators. They are 

pandering. They want people to feel good 

about themselves. They want somebody to 

blame.’’ 

‘‘There is also a lot of money at stake for 

the politicians. The oil and gas industry is 

one of the top donors to political campaigns 

year after year.’’ 

‘‘In 2004, the industry donated more than 

$25 million to politicians around the country, according to the Center of Responsive 

Politics.’’ 

‘‘And the bulk of that money—more than 

$20 million—went to Republicans. Bush’s reelection campaign alone received $2.7 million 

of that money. (Bush also got nearly $2 million from the oil and gas industry in 2000.) 

‘‘Washington politicians set the nation’s 

energy policy but could they be doing more? 

‘‘This year is also turning out to be a lucrative one for politicians, with more than 

$14 million from the Industry reported to the 

Federal Election Commission by the end of 

April, according to the Center for Responsive 

Politics.’’ 

‘‘And again, that money is flowing mostly 

to Republicans—this time about 73 percent 

of contributions.’’ 

‘‘But there is more money at stake. The oil 

and gas companies spend millions of additional dollars, hiring a mass of lobbyists to 

push legislation their way. In the last decade, the Center for Responsive Politics has 

tracked more than $640 million spent by oil 

and gas companies on lobbying.’’ 

Not all the blame rests with politicians. 

We Americans are addicted to our cars, 

driving more than necessary, thanks, at one 

time, to cheap gas. Instead of living close to 

our workplaces, we have chosen to live in 

large suburban developments or in faraway 

rural areas that require a car for even the 

simplest of errands. Americans spend more 

than 100 hours commuting to work each 

year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. 

That is more time than most Americans 

spend on vacation. In 2003, the average daily 

commute was more than 24 minutes. And 

most of that time is spent alone in a car. 

America has less than 5 percent of the 

world’s population but we consume about 25 

percent of the world’s energy resources. 

China and India are rapidly increasing their 

share of the energy market—which is helping 

to drive up prices—but America still dominates. 

Americans have abandoned cities to live in 

sprawling suburbs that require a car. Americans have also been buying large gas-guzzling cars for decades, most recently big 

SUVs. Consider this: The Ford F-Series pickup truck has been the best-selling vehicle in 

the United States for 26 years. (There were 

occasional months when it was beaten in 

sales—but always by another truck, usually 

the Chevrolet Silverado.) Some drivers are 

changing their habits now. 

If the OPEC nations decided to increase 

production by, say, 1 million barrels, then 

there might be some relief in the markets. 

While such an increase might lead to lower 

prices at the pump now, it is not a long-term 

solution. There is only so much oil in the 

ground, and if more is pumped today there is 

less for the future. With explosive growth in 

China, India and elsewhere it is very likely 

that all the extra oil would quickly be consumed and prices would skyrocket again. 

Oil prices are high because of worldwide 

demand. But part of the price spike comes 

from market moves. The first—and easiest to 

understand—is that oil is priced in U.S. dollars. So when the value of the dollar falls, as 

it has in the past year, the price of oil goes 

up for Americans. 

But the market is much more complex 

than that. Many investors—some call them 

speculators—are pouring money into oil 

when they had previously ignored it. Basically, many investors are spooked by the 

subprime housing market and other problems with the financial sectors, and have fled 

from the stock market. Instead of investing 

in stocks and bonds, these investors have 

chosen to place their money in oil, driving 

up the price. 

Bill O’Grady, chief investment strategist 

for energy at Wachovia Securities, said that 

part of the problem also has to do with the 

Federal Reserve setting interest rates so 

low. He said that when inflation is 4 percent 

but investors are only getting 1 percent for 

their cash in the bank, they look for other 

investment options. Normally, real estate 

would be one of those options. But with that 

market collapsed investors are turning toward commodities such as gold, corn and oil. 

Plus, every time there is some geopolitical 

fear, prices rise. The latest such tension 

comes as Israel and Iran, the world’s fourth 

largest oil exporter, are having a way of 

words. Israel has threatened to attack Iran’s 

nuclear program, and Iran has threatened a 

strong reprisal. 

This above came from the ABC News—June 

11, 2008. 

I understand there is a very large quantity 

of oil in North Dakota, Montana and Southern Saskatchewan. What’s the problem with 

going after these? I would appreciate your 

response to the above. Thanks you for the 

opportunity to relate these issues to you. 

HELEN, Rupert. 

I would like to thank all the players in 

Washington DC for bringing the price of oil 

up to its current level to help save the environment, I never realized how green the administration and Congress actually were. Allowing jobs to be shipped over seas, borrowing money from China to fund a war that 

cannot be won, and allowing the housing crisis to occur are all some of the best policies 

one could think of to raise the cost of fuel 

for the little guy and at the same time reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. I 

would like to thank all the millionaires that 

we have representing us in DC; I am sure 

they all have fully funded re-election war 

chests. Thank you for using your time wisely 

by trying to save brain-dead people, preventing gays from getting married, and supporting the upper 1% of families instead of 

using your time fixing problems like funding 

Social Security, making health care affordable and keeping manufacturing jobs in the 

USA. The last eight years have been a blessing to all of us. Please keep up the good 

work, before you know it there with will be 

a horse and buggy in every two-car garage in 

this country. 

ROBERT, Boise. 

The high cost of fuel is affecting us by not 

being able to see some of our children who 

live far away and they are asking us to help 

them with unexpected bills. My husband 

drives 26 miles each way to work. It has really increased our expense. I work at the site 

and they are going to increase our bus rates 

double. If this happens, I will be forming a 

carpool and many others will as well. This 

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and there will be more exhaust which will 

cause much more pollution. Also there will 

be more wrecks. There has got to be something more done. I feel that the U.S. will become weaker and it will threaten our national security. I believe there will be violence as people are unable to provide the necessities of life. It really is a threat to our 

nation. 

LAREE. 

Very simply, we are reducing the amount 

of money we spend on everything other than 

gasoline. We are having to pay more for natural gas, electricity, and food because all are 

being impacted by the increase in oil futures. 

We have not taken a vacation this year and 

will not be able to afford one anytime soon. 

ROBERT. 

Thank you so much for offering us an opportunity to share with you how gas prices 

are affecting our family. We are a family of 

four, and we purchased our home in Kuna because housing was more affordable in this 

rural town. We are 8 miles from I-84, and just 

about everything requires us to drive to the 

freeway and beyond. My husband works 8 

miles from home; our adult daughter works 

8 miles from home; our adult son works 12 

miles from home; and I spend my time driving to doctor appointments in Meridian and 

downtown Boise (12–20 miles)—and back. As 

you mentioned, there is no public transportation. 

During the summer, our children work almost fulltime, and they each earn approximately $1,000 per month. They both drive 

high-mileage vehicles, but their gasoline bill 

is now approximately $120 per month. When 

the school year begins, they will both cut 

back on their working hours and increase 

the number of miles they drive, as they both 

attend BSU. Their income will drop to approximately $700 per month, and they will be 

adding approximately 70 miles per week to 

their mileage, at an estimated additional 

cost of $70 per month. If their schedules permit, they can carpool to school, leaving a car 

in Meridian so they can each drive to work 

in the afternoon. Obviously, this does not 

leave much room in their budgets for car insurance and other expenses. Fortunately, 

they live at home with us. 

My husband and I have greatly reduced the 

number of times we go out to dinner, and we 

select more fast-food restaurants lately. We 

try to run our errands while we are out in 

Meridian and combine trips. My husband recently had to fly to Florida on business. Normally, we would pay for me to join him; we 

did not do that this time, as airline tickets 

are prohibitive. We had already arranged to 

rent a cabin in California for a week, as our 

summer vacation, and that trip begins next 

week. Since we are taking five adults and 

two cats, we will be driving a Chevy Suburban (ouch!). We have not even estimated 

what that is going to cost in gasoline, because calculating it would only ruin our vacation. It will be interesting to find out 

which was the higher cost, the rental of the 

cabin or the gasoline for the car. Needless to 

say, we will not be renting a cabin in California for our next vacation if gas prices continue to be this high. We are also seeing the 

prices of groceries inch up. The cereal boxes 

and ice cream cartons are smaller, but they 

run out faster. My husband and I do not have 

a lot of cushion in our budget to help our 

children with their budgets. I am unable to 

work because of health issues (but social security does not want to pay me the disability benefits I earned). My husband’s employment at Western States Equipment (Caterpillar) is all that is keeping us afloat. 

Thank you so much for all that you do for 

Idaho families, and we hope this information 

helps you in your endeavors. Any help would 

be great. 

SONDRA, Kuna. 

Energy prices affect all aspects of our 

lives. Food, home heating, all shipping 

charges, it goes on and on. Most of us are 

fearful of our heating costs for this winter 

coming. We had such a long cold winter, if it 

costs double it will hurt everyone. I really 

feel for the young families. There costs for 

housing, cars, food, energy and all that children need, it is almost impassable without 

help. We have to drill for oil and build refineries. We should not be paying other countries for energy that we can produce here. It 

does not make any sense. Please help make 

the [Congress] understand. 

JULIE, Worley. 

If I see or hear of fossil fuel one more time, 

my head will explode. It is not from fossils. 

How did they get that deep in the earth. Abiotic oil—do your research. Now on this stupid carbon credit [issue] related to so-called 

global warming—we all could stop breathing 

that cut CO2 by 90% and the Earth could 

stabilize÷÷. Thank you for doing what you 

can. 

JEFF, Nampa. 

The way the energy crisis have impacted 

my life is I have come to the realization that 

are politicians in Washington are more interested in protecting big business than their 

constituents. Nothing is done about illegal 

immigration because it might affect the 

economy but the only thing more important 

to the economic infrastructure of the USA 

then cheap fuel is oxygen. Drill for oil, build 

nuclear power plants, construct windmill 

farms and offer incentives for solar power 

and preserve what is left of our way of life 

for future generation. 

DALE, USMC retired. 

From where I am sitting, [too many in 

Congress] are directly responsible for the 

current high energy prices. The Bush energy 

policy was decided by Vice President Cheney 

and oil company executives. Even now you 

are protecting Big Oil profits at the expense 

of alternate energy support. 

Your feigned attempt at feeling my pain 

falls on my deaf ears. 

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MARVIN. 

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS 

TRIBUTE TO AMBASSADOR 

KENNETH QUINN 

∑ Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, during a 

long and distinguished career in many 

fields of public service, Ambassador 

Kenneth Quinn has received countless 

awards and honors. But I daresay that 

the award he will receive tomorrow 

from the Department of Defense is the 

longest delayed and hardest earned of 

his distinctions. Ambassador Quinn 

will become the first civilian ever to 

receive the Air Medal for Combat Service, an award created during World War 

II to honor courageous and meritorious 

service in aerial combat. 

From November 1968 to June 1973, 

Kenneth Quinn served as a Foreign 

Service officer in Vietnam. For his 

first 2 years in that country, he was assigned to Advisory Team 65 in Sa Dec 

Province, replacing an Army major as 

senior adviser to the team. In that capacity, he took part in the same military activities and combat operations 

as his military predecessors. All totaled, he participated in some 250 hours 

of helicopter combat operations. He 

served in night helicopter patrols over 

Viet Cong-held sectors and took part in 

helicopter operations to insert and extract troops from the battlefield. On 

other occasions, he directed helicopter 

gunship operations from a commandand-control helicopter flying just several hundred feet above the battlefield, 

repeatedly coming under enemy fire. 

On still other occasions, he participated in ground combat operations, 

night ambushes, and brown water 

naval combat operations. 

This is just one chapter in the remarkably accomplished career of this 

Dubuque, IA, native. He served for 

more than three decades in the Foreign 

Service, becoming one of the most 

decorated and respected American diplomats of his generation. Ambassador 

Quinn was one of the U.S. Government’s top experts on Indochina, having written his doctoral dissertation on 

Pol Pot’s regime in Cambodia. Indeed, 

he is widely acknowledged to have been 

the first westerner to discover and report on the holocaust being perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge. Later, 

while serving as Ambassador to Cambodia, he played a key role in the 1999 

capture of the last remaining Khmer 

Rouge general. Upon his retirement as 

Ambassador to Cambodia, he was presented the Secretary of State’s Award 

for Heroism and Valor for protecting 

Americans citizens exposed to danger 

in Cambodia and for his participation 

in four lifesaving rescues in Vietnam. 

The common theme in Ambassador 

Quinn’s career has been his commitment to serving causes higher than 

himself. He has undertaken humanitarian missions that have saved countless thousands of lives. In 1978, under a 

special exchange program with the 

Foreign Service, he was allowed to return to Iowa to join the staff of Governor Robert Ray. He played a lead role 

in the Governor’s program to resettle 

Indochinese refugees in Iowa, and he 

served as executive director of the 1979 

Iowa SHARES Program, which sent 

Iowa medical personnel, supplies, and 

food to Cambodia during a period of 

mass starvation there. 

Following his retirement from the 

State Department 8 years ago this 

month, Ambassador Quinn returned to 

Iowa to assume leadership of the World 

Food Prize Foundation, the Des 

Moines-based organization dedicated to 

ending hunger around the world by promoting the sustainable production and 

distribution of an adequate and nutritious food supply. The World Food 

Prize—created by Nobel Peace Prizewinner and Iowa native Dr. Norman 

Borlaug and supported for many years 

by Iowa business leader and philanthropist John Ruan—is the most prestigious international award recognizing exemplary work in improving 

the quality, quantity, or availability of 

food in the world. 


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