President, today I would like to pay tribute
to a dear friend, the Honorable Aaron A. Baer, who died yesterday, just
2 days shy of what would have been his 103rd birthday. He was the
oldest living judge in Maryland. Judge Baer was known to his family as the ``centennial cowboy'' who
had ``a great ride,'' as his family put it. He was a Baltimore native,
the son of a Russian immigrant who worked in a clothing factory and
became a tailor. Judge Baer graduated from the University of Baltimore
Law School in 1937. He supported himself and paid for law school by
repairing and replacing tar roofs.
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