[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 106 (Thursday, August 4, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: August 4, 1994]
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                        SALUTE TO JERRY ENOMOTO

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                         HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 4, 1994

  Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to rise today to salute Mr. 
Jerry Enomoto, the first Japanese-American United States marshal.
  I have known Jerry Enomoto personally and professionally for many 
years and I count him among my best friends and most respected 
colleagues. Given Mr. Enomoto's outstanding career in law enforcement 
and corrections, I can think of no other person more deserving of his 
new position with the Marshal Service.
  A trailblazer in many ways, Mr. Enomoto's unparalleled job 
performance has resulted in him accomplishing many firsts. He was the 
first Japanese American to break into numerous positions, including 
first Japanese-American to be appointed warden of a prison in the 
mainland United States; first Japanese-American director of a 
department of California's State government; and now he has the 
distinction of being our Nation's first Japanese-American United States 
marshal.
  Mr. Enomoto graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 
1949 and returned to earn a master's degree in social welfare in 1951. 
In the more than 40 years that have passed since then, he has developed 
a critically acclaimed career out of a desire to better California's 
system of corrections.
  His outstanding success within the California Department of 
Corrections has been widely recognized through honors, awards, and 
commendations too numerous to mention. In addition to his great legacy 
to the department of corrections, Jerry has inspired by example 
countless individuals to become involved in community work.
  In addition to his more than 40 years of service to the Japanese-
American Citizens League, Mr. Enomoto has served the Lions Club and has 
been an active member of several boards including Visions. Inc.--a 
mental health agency--Friends Outside, and the Asian Legal Service 
Outreach. For over 25 years he has been a committed and valued member 
of the Democratic Party and he is also an elder in the First Community 
Presbyterian Church of Sacramento. In short, he is a community leader 
we all would do well to emulate.

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