[WardFive] Fw: PRESS RELEASE: Norton Statement on the Passing of Dr. Andrew Brimmer

Albrette "Gigi" Ransom
Commissioner, ANC 5C12
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      Contact: Scott McCrary

    October 11, 2012                                                                              o: 202-225-8050

   

 

Norton Statement on the Passing of Dr. Andrew Brimmer

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued the following statement on the passing of Dr. Andrew Brimmer.

 

"With the passing of Dr. Andrew Brimmer, our city has lost one of its most distinguished residents and our country has lost an outstanding economist and historic figure, who was the first African American member of the Federal Reserve Board.  Dr. Brimmer lived a life of continuous achievement, including service to his hometown.  When the District of Columbia came close to insolvency and required a financial control board to be able to borrow, the president turned to Dr. Brimmer to lead the board.  Dr. Brimmer will always be remembered as a taskmaster who administered tough love to this city and gave it the creditability that allowed the District to conquer its deficit and return to today's record of annual budgets with record surpluses.  Dr. Brimmer's wife, Doris, and his family have my sincere condolences."

 

http://www.norton.house.gov/

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