[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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[Congressional Record: May 18, 1994]
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        MERRITT SCOVILLE RECEIVES BAR ASSOCIATION LIBERTY AWARD

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                        HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 17, 1994

  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, you can measure a man by how much he gives 
of himself to his community. By that yardstick, Merritt ``Mike'' 
Scoville of Glens Falls, New York is a giant.
  Scoville is the recipient of the Warren County Bar Association's 1994 
Liberty Bell Award, which has been awarded every year since 1966 for 
outstanding community service. The choice was a good one.
  Mr. Speaker, one of the greatest assets in the northern part of the 
22nd Congressional District is Adirondack Community College. Mr. 
Scoville has played a key role in the founding and growth of that 
institution. It was in the late 1950s when he became part of the 
committee to establish the college. By 1961, he was a charter member of 
the college's board of trustees, a position he retained until 1992. He 
also served as president of the Adirondack Community College from 1983 
to 1990.
  Merritt Scoville's contributions were not limited to the college. He 
also served on the governing boards of such organizations as Glens 
Falls Hospital and the Tri-County United Way.
  But it is to the college that Mr. Scoville's name will always be 
connected. In his three decades as a trustee, Scoville missed only 
three meetings. Some of his colleagues, in fact, remember the time he 
attended a meeting bruised, battered, and shaken, having fallen off a 
church roof he had been working on earlier that day.
  ACC President Roger C. Anderson observed recently that with the 
exception of the late Dr. Charles Eisenhart, the college's founding 
president, no one has had a greater impact on the growth and direction 
of the school.
  Mr. Speaker, America would not be the great country it is without the 
contributions of such people, who give so generously of themselves in 
such a way that the entire community benefits.
  That being the case, Mr. Speaker, I would ask all members to join me 
in a salute to Merritt Scoville in recognition of his selfless service. 
He is a great American and a man I am proud to call my friend.

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