[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 11, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: May 11, 1994]
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                     TRIBUTE TO MELVIN N. GREENBERG

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                            HON. JIM BACCHUS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 11, 1994

  Mr. BACCHUS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday evening, June 1, 
much of Miami, FL, will assemble to honor one of that city's and that 
State's finest citizens. Mayors, governors, judges, college presidents, 
and many other friends from many places and for many years will gather 
to celebrate four decades of community service by Melvin N. Greenberg.
  It is no accident that South Florida should come together to salute 
Mel Greenberg. Throughout his extraordinarily busy and extraordinarily 
successful life, Mel Greenberg has personified much of the best that 
Miami and South Florida offer the Nation and the world.
  A passion for excellence and justice. A commitment to a growing 
prosperity in which all can share. An abiding belief in equality of 
opportunity for everyone. These very American values have been at the 
very heart of all that Mel Greenberg has stood for and strived for 
during a life filled with service and achievement.
  He is perhaps best known for building a law firm from absolutely 
nothing into one of the most successful and most prestigious in the 
Nation. In and of itself, that is a significant achievement. But along 
the way, in building that law firm, Mel Greenberg has been a leader 
also in building a city and a State that stand now at the crossroads of 
the world as shining examples of the enduring validity of the American 
dream.
  I have known Mel Greenberg for many years. I have had the privilege 
of working for him and with him. Like many others, I have learned from 
his lessons, and profited from his wisdom. I am proud to call him 
counselor and friend. As a Member of Congress, I am proud too to join 
with so many of his other friends in honoring his lifetime of service.

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