March 9, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 45 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
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              TRIBUTE TO HONOR THE LIFE OF ROBERT L. DEHN

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 9, 2020

  Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of an 
extraordinary American, Robert L. Dehn, affectionately known to all as 
Bob.
  Bob was born on November 6, 1941, and passed away on January 23, 
2020, after a brief illness. He was the son of Leslie and Lorna Dehn of 
Albany, California, growing up in Albany and Berkeley. He graduated 
from UC Berkeley with a degree in chemistry.
  After graduation, Bob began his career at SRI International, formerly 
Stanford Research Institute. His first position at SRI was as a 
pharmaceutical chemist, and later, after earning an MBA from Santa 
Clara University, he moved to marketing and business development. He 
continued in these roles in the Life Sciences Division until his 
retirement in 2007.
  Bob Dehn spent his entire career at SRI and it was there that he met 
his wife of 52 years, Fran McGroary. He is survived by Fran and their 
daughter, Elizabeth and son Peter, and their grandsons Oliver, Byron 
and Zac, and his sister Marlene.
  Fran and Bob have been known and respected throughout the Menlo Park 
Community for their countless contributions. Both have given generously 
of their time and considerable talents in service to others. Bob served 
on the Menlo Park Library Commission for 11 years, and helped engineer 
the passage of a bond measure that provided funding for renovating the 
main library in 1992. He volunteered extensively at Church of the 
Nativity and its Nativity School. Bob was a man of deep faith and he 
gave his time to St. Anthony's Padua Dining Room, serving as volunteer 
coordinator, cook's assistant and fundraising director.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me 
in honoring the extraordinary life of Bob Dehn and in extending our 
condolences to his wife and his entire family. We are a better 
community and a stronger country because of all that Bob did for so 
many.

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