{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2010-12-22-pt1-PgE2251", "2010-12-22", 111, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO AVIS GREEN TUCKER", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2251", "E2252", "[{\"name\": \"Ike Skelton\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "156 Cong. Rec. E2251", "Congressional Record, Volume 156 Issue 173 (Wednesday, December 22, 2010)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 173 (Wednesday, December 22, 2010)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2251-E2252]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                      TRIBUTE TO AVIS GREEN TUCKER\n\n                                 ______\n\n                            HON. IKE SKELTON\n\n                              of missouri\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                      Wednesday, December 22, 2010\n\n  Mr. SKELTON. Madam Speaker, it is with sorrow that I inform the House\nof the death of Mrs. Avis Green Tucker, a distinguished Missouri\ncitizen from Warrensburg, in the 4th Congressional District. Avis Green\nTucker was not just my own long-time friend. She was one of Missouri's\nmost highly respected newspaper publishers. She was a willing volunteer\nfrequently called to important service by Missouri governors from both\npolitical parties. And she was a particularly inspiring role model\namong women leaders in our state.\n  Avis and her husband, William Tucker, bought the Daily Star-Journal\nin 1947 and the paper stayed in the Tucker family for some 60 years,\nuntil its sale in 2007 to another distinguished Missouri newspaper\nfamily, the Bradleys of St. Joseph. Bill Tucker was serving as\npublisher in Warrensburg when he died of a heart attack in 1966. Avis\ntook over as one of the few female daily newspaper publishers in the\nMidwest. She once said: ``I decided I was going to run this paper. I\nwas going to try. I told everyone that I had more nerve than ability,\nwhich was the truth.'' But that was a typically reticent and humble\nstatement from a\n\n[[Page E2252]]\n\nwoman whose abilities were quite remarkable. Those abilities were\nwidely recognized. In 1982, Avis became the first female president of\nthe Missouri Press Association. That was just one of many ``firsts''\nachieved by Avis Tucker, including serving as the first female\npresident of the Missouri Associated Dailies organization, and becoming\nthe first woman inducted into the Missouri Press Association Hall of\nFame. She received the National Newspaper Association's McKinney Award,\ngiven to a woman who ``exhibited distinguished service to the community\npress.'' Just this past May, Avis became chair emeritus of the Missouri\nPress Association's Foundation Board, which she helped found and fund.\n  She served not only as one of the state's rare female publishers, but\nin other leadership roles, particularly at our mutual alma mater, the\nUniversity of Missouri. Mizzou's world-famous School of Journalism\nhonored her with its Honor Medal in 1976. And in 1972, Avis became the\nfirst woman president of the University of Missouri's governing body,\nthe Board of Curators. Her service as a curator has particular\nsignificance for me, since she was appointed to succeed her late\nhusband as a curator upon his death. And Bill Tucker had been appointed\nto succeed my father, Isaac Newton Skelton III, upon his passing. In\nMissouri, one of the highest honors one can achieve is being named to\nhelp guide our land-grant state university, and this is an honor that\nhas been treasured by both the Skelton and Tucker families.\n  Avis Green Tucker will be remembered fondly by all who had the\nprivilege of knowing her, including me. When she passed away at age 95\non Friday, December 17th, 2010, she had lived a life that was\nexemplary. Her leadership was superb, her newspaper's readers and her\ncommunity were well-served, and her place in Missouri journalism and\npublic service is secure. Avis is survived by two nephews, Bob and\nRichard Green. I know members of the Congress will join me in paying\ntribute to the life, achievements and service of Avis Green Tucker, and\nin extending our condolences to her family and friends.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2010-12-22-pt1-PgE2251"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 13.840743922628462, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}