John Tierney: “Mr. Speaker, I am a member of the House Committee on Government Reform and I am pleased to join my colleagues in the…”

“Mr. Speaker, I am a member of the House Committee on Government Reform and I am pleased to join my colleagues in the consideration of H.R. 4102, which names a post office in Fallon, Nevada, after the late Rollon D. Melton. H.R. 4102, which enjoys the support and cosponsorship of the entire Nevada delegation, was introduced by the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Gibbons (R-NV)) on April 9, 2002. Mr. Rollon Melton graduated from the University of Nevada in 1955. A journalism major, Rollon served as the sports editor of the campus paper, 'Sagebrush' and worked as the city editor of a Nevada weekly. In 1957, he joined the Reno Evening Gazette as a reporter, eventually rising to the position of editor and publisher. As Chairman and CEO of Speidel Newspapers, Mr. Melton negotiated the Speidel merger with Gannett in 1977, and served on the Gannett board for two years. In 1979, he was chosen as a Distinguished Nevadan. An avid supporter of a sound college education, Mr. Melton served as an interim dean of the Reynolds School of Journalism.”