Mr. Speaker. I am saddened today by the recent death of a good personal friend and a friend of the community. Judge Thomas Tang. Born January 11. 1922. in Phoenix. AZ. the son of Chinese immigrants. Judge Tang served in World War II as a second lieutenant. He graduated from the University of Santa Clara. CA. and received his law degree from the University of Arizona in 1950. He enjoyed a long career in Government and law until being appointed to the Federal bench by President Carter in 1977. In a legal career spanning almost five decades. he served as a Phoenix City Council member.
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