[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 41 (Friday, April 15, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[Congressional Record: April 15, 1994]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

 
                E X T E N S I O N   O F   R E M A R K S


                       TRIBUTE TO ISRAEL STOLLMAN

                                 ______


                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 14, 1994

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, it is my great honor to pay tribute to one 
of the pioneers in the field of urban planning, Mr. Israel Stollman. As 
an urban planner myself, Israel Stollman represents the best our 
profession has to offer--a desire and ability to make the world a 
better and more aesthetically pleasing place to live. It is those 
qualities that attracted me, and thousands of other students, to the 
discipline of urban planning.
  Israel Stollman has given his vocation 45 years of distinguished 
service. Beginning in 1947 when he graduated with a major in housing 
and planning from the City College of New York and through to his 
position as executive director of the American Planning Association, 
Israel Stollman has been a pioneer in his profession.
  As a native Ohioan, I am especially pleased that many of the cities 
in my State benefited from Israel Stollman's guidance and foresight. 
From the beginning of his Ohio days as a junior planner with the 
Cleveland Planning Commission to his creation of the City and Regional 
Planning Department at Ohio State University, Israel Stollman's impact 
on Ohio and on the field of urban planning is surpassed only by his 
impact on the Nation as a whole.
  In 1968, Israel Stollman was appointed the executive director of the 
American Society of Planning Officials. During his tenure, he took 
major steps toward integrating the urban planning profession by seeking 
to elect more African-American members to the board of directors and 
recruit more minorities into the profession.
  One decade later, in 1978, under Israel Stollman's steady guidance, 
the American Society of Planning Officials merged with the American 
Institute of Planners to form the American Planning Association. Due in 
large part to Israel Stollman's remarkable leadership capabilities, the 
American Planning Association has grown into a highly respected and 
immensely effective organization.
  While Israel Stollman will be missed as the guiding force at the 
American Planning Association, he will no doubt continue to contribute 
to the field of urban planning. On behalf of the U.S. Congress, I would 
like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Israel Stollman and his 
decades of service to the field of urban planning and our Nation.

                          ____________________