[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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   VERNON N. GREEN RETIRES AFTER DECADES OF OUTSTANDING LEGAL COUNSEL

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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, the village of South Glens Falls and the 
town of Moreau are located in the middle of the lengthy 22d 
Congressional District I have the privilege of representing. For more 
than 30 years, those two municipalities have been ably served by the 
legal counsel of Vernon N. Green, who is now retiring.
  Mr. Speaker, never was it more appropriate to say that a person's 
shoes will not easily be filled. Everyone in this Chamber understands 
that you cannot serve the public in any important capacity for several 
decades without earning a reputation for integrity, wisdom, and 
professionalism. Those qualities certainly describe Vernon Green.
  Mr. Green graduated from the Albany Law School in 1951, and was 
admitted to the bar later that year. He began private practice in 1954. 
He subsequently served as South Glens Falls village justice from 1955 
to 1975, South Glens Falls school district attorney from 1960 to 1994, 
and Moreau town attorney from 1956 to 1994. In those 39 years of 
service to the community, Mr. Green not only acquired a priceless grasp 
of local affairs, but conducted himself in a manner that brought credit 
to his profession.
  Mr. Green has been a member of the bar associations of New York 
State, Warren County, and Saratoga County. He was also a member of the 
South Glens Falls Rotary Club, the South Glens Falls-Moreau Chamber of 
Commerce, and the Tee-Bird Country Club.
  Mr. Speaker, in my nearly three decades of public life on the local, 
State, and Federal levels, I have met many fine public servants, but 
few as fine as Vernon N. Green. I would ask all Members to join me in a 
tribute to this outstanding attorney and great American.

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