[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 90 (Wednesday, July 13, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: July 13, 1994]
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  TROOPER FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK PROSPERS UNDER DR. WILLIAM TRIGG III

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                        HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 13, 1994

  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to say a few words about an 
outstanding organization and its equally outstanding executive 
director.
  Since its founding in 1984, the Trooper Foundation of the State of 
New York has provided over $1.3 million in financial support to the 
State Police for a variety of worthwhile programs. Since 1987, this 
outstanding organization has been under the able leadership of Dr. 
William C. Trigg III.
  The Trooper Foundation has benefited underprivileged children under 
the State Police Summer Program and the McBear the Trooper Program for 
children in crisis situations. The first responder fist aid case 
project outfitted every State police patrol vehicle with state-of-the-
art first aid equipment. Other fine examples of the foundations' work 
include the Management Development Program, the Gray Rider Monument, 
and the Police Survivors Program. Also, the foundation has enabled the 
State Police to accept over $500,000 worth of services and equipment 
from the private sector.
  Dr. Trigg has been a moving force in the success of the Trooper 
Foundation. After graduating summa cum laude from Thomas More College 
in Fort Mitchell, KY, he went on to earn an M.A. and Ph.D. from State 
University of New York at Albany. As a graduate student, Dr. Trigg 
received two research assistantships and a doctoral fellowship. He 
worked with the late Prof. William P. Brown at the school of criminal 
justice on a Federal grant entitled ``Crime-Focused Policing.''

  In 1981, Dr. Trigg was awarded a fellowship with the New York State 
Senate, where he was assigned to the office of Senator Ralph J. Marino. 
In that capacity he assisted in a number of law enforcement legislative 
endeavors.
  In 1984, Dr. Trigg joined the newly-formed Trooper Foundation, first 
as director of administration and research before his promotion to 
executive director.
  He is also a founding director of the Community Services Center in 
Stillwater, NY, where he resides. He is the father of two daughters. He 
is also a member of the national society of fundraising executives. Dr. 
Trigg has taught as an adjunct professor at the SUNY-Albany and at 
Russell Sage College.
  Mr. Speaker, fine organizations are often the reflection of able 
leadership. That is what we have in the case of the Trooper Foundation 
and its executive director, Dr. William C. Trigg III. Please join me in 
saluting both the foundation and Dr. Trigg for all they have done.

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