Title: Senate Commends ELCA Lutheran ELCA NEWS SERVICE - NEWSBRIEF April 21, 1997 SENATE COMMENDS DOWHOWER Kay S. Dowhower resigned March 15 as director of the Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs in Washington, D.C., the federal public policy advocacy office of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. On March 11 the U.S. Senate entered a "Commendation Upon the Retirement of Kay Dowhower" into the Congressional Record at the request of Senator Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.), a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Bismarck, N.D. Dowhower "has worked tirelessly for social justice in the formulation of public policy. She has been a committed spokesperson for the poor and the powerless in this Nation and abroad. Her competent work has provided her church, her colleagues, and those in government with encouragement and a model of excellence," according to the commendation. "Kay Dowhower, you will be missed. We have been the better because of your unwavering efforts to challenge us to do what is just for the least of these in our Nation and in the world." Dowhower continues part-time as director for advocacy with the ELCA Division for Church in Society which includes coordinating the work of the church's public policy advocacy offices in 18 state capitals. For information contact: Ann Hafften, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/co/news/current.html