[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 88 Received in Senate (RDS)]

  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 88


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 17, 2007

                                Received

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
                   Honoring the life of Ernest Gallo.

Whereas Ernest Gallo was born March 18, 1909, in Jackson, California, the son of 
        Italian immigrants, graduated from Modesto High School in 1927, earned a 
        degree from Modesto Junior College, and married Amelia Franzia, daughter 
        of the founders of Franzia Winery in 1931;
Whereas Ernest Gallo, with his brother Julio Gallo, founded E.&J. Gallo Winery 
        at the end of the

              

Prohibition Era in 1933, beginning with only $5,900 in savings and a 
winemaking pamphlet from the Modesto Public Library to make their first 
batch, growing their small family-owned winery into the world's second 
largest by volume, and selling an estimated 75,000,000 cases a year 
worldwide under approximately 100 different labels;

Whereas Ernest Gallo began his illustrious career at a young age, working in his 
        parents' vineyard while attending Modesto High School and demonstrating 
        his entrepreneurial spirit early in life by traveling at the age of 17 
        to complete his first business deal;
Whereas Ernest Gallo, demonstrating great vision, anticipated the growth of the 
        wine industry and developed the first-of-its kind vertically integrated 
        company, with vineyards stretching across California, an on-site 
        bottling plant, and an art department to design bottles and labels, 
        changing the face of California's wine industry;
Whereas the Gallo Winery employs 4,600 people in the State of California, 
        providing critical highly-skilled employment opportunities in the San 
        Joaquin Valley and greatly contributing to the economic strength of the 
        State;
Whereas Ernest Gallo and the Gallo Winery were bestowed countless awards for 
        achievement in winemaking, including the American Society of Enologists 
        Merit Award, the wine industry's highest honor, in 1964 for outstanding 
        leadership in the wine industry, the Gold Vine Award from the 
        Brotherhood of the Knights of the Vine wine fraternity, the 1983 
        Distinguished Service Award from The Wine Spectator, and the Winery of 
        the Year Award in both 1996 and 1998 by the San Francisco International 
        Wine Competition; and
Whereas Ernest Gallo was widely known for his generous philanthropic work in the 
        City of Modesto and throughout the state of California, including an 
        endowment for the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto, the 
        establishment of the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the 
        University of California at San Francisco for research into genetic, 
        biochemical, and neurobiological aspects of alcohol abuse, and countless 
        other healthcare and educational endeavors: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That Congress honors the life of Ernest Gallo, a pioneer in the field 
of winemaking, dedicated philanthropist, and community leader.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2007.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.