[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1549-S1550]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     TRIBUTE TO ROBERT H. GRASMERE

 Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I rise today to honor Robert H. 
Grasmere, former mayor of Maplewood Township in New Jersey.
  Robert Grasmere has served the Maplewood community for 34 years. He 
was first elected to the township committee in 1960 and was 
subsequently reelected for 11 more 3 year terms. His contributions, 
however, do not end there. Mr. Grasmere also served Maplewood Township 
as mayor for 23 years from 1970 until 1993.
  [[Page S1550]] His leadership and hard work earned him recognition 
from the citizens of Maplewood and the State of New Jersey. The New 
Jersey State League of Municipalities awarded Mayor Grasmere the 
Presidential Citation for Extraordinary Service in 1988 and in 1991, he 
was the recipient of Elected Official Award from the American Public 
Works Association for his outstanding public works.
  Mr. Grasmere's dedication to the Maplewood community led him to be a 
founding member of the Durand-Hedden House and Garden Association, an 
organization who's many causes concluded the restoration of a 
prerevolutionary property in Maplewood. It has since been designated as 
Grasmere Park in honor of this outstanding person.
  Robert H. Grasmere is an exceptional citizen who has dedicated his 
life to the people of Maplewood and the State of New Jersey. I 
congratulate him on his numerous past successes and what I am sure will 
be many more successes yet to come.


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