[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 4, 1994)]
[Senate]
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[Congressional Record: October 4, 1994]
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                  CONSOER TOWNSEND'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY

  Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN. Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to 
congratulate the company Consoer Townsend and its president Bob 
Fischer. Consoer Townsend is one of Chicago's largest consulting 
engineering firms and will celebrate the 75th anniversary of its 
founding this month.
  Consoer Townsends is one of the Nation's leading infrastructure 
consulting engineering firms, with offices in 15 cities across the 
Nation. It was founded in 1919 by A.W. Consoer and by 1929 it was the 
largest municipal engineering firm in Chicago. Since that time, Consoer 
Townsend has been involved in every major transportation and 
environmental project in the Chicago area, including the deep tunnel 
project, O'Hare Intentional Airport, the University of Illinois at 
Chicago, the Illinois toll highways, Navy Pier, and the new downtown 
Circulator. Consoer Townsend employs over 500 people, and is completely 
owned by those employees.
  Robert H. Fischer, currently Consoer Townsend's chief executive 
office, has served in that office for the past 4 years. He has been 
with the company for the last 22 years, and has helped contribute 
greatly to the company's success.
  As Consoer Townsend celebrates its 75th birthday I would like to 
congratulate Mr. Fischer and the rest of employee-owners for their many 
accomplishment up to this date, and wish them many more successful 
years. I am proud to call them fellow Illinoisans.

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