[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 40 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH E. BERGERON

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 3, 1995
  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Joseph E. 
Bergeron, an outstanding citizen and devoted public servant, on the 
occasion of his retirement from the San Mateo County Planning 
Commission.
  Mr. Bergeron has given invaluable service to the people of San Mateo 
County for 13 years as a planning commissioner, including three terms 
as commission chair. His unparalleled leadership and consensus-building 
skills were critical to seeing the county through some of its most 
difficult land use decisions. While Mr. Bergeron has devoted untold 
hours to the work of the commission, he has also made time to serve our 
community as a member of the board of directors of the Center for Civic 
Education, the San Mateo County Suicide Prevention Association, and the 
San Mateo County Heart Association. He has actively participated in the 
Italian American Federation, serving as its President from 1980-1982 
and being named its 1992 Man of the Year, the PTA, and the Girl Scouts 
and Boy Scouts, where he was a counselor and merit badge advisor.
  Mr. Bergeron is also recognized throughout the State of California 
for his outstanding service to the State bar. He has been a champion of 
the legal profession since his graduation from the prestigious Boalt 
Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley in 1968.
  He was a member of the California State Bar board of governors from 
1991-1994, serving as its vice president in 1994 and working to 
strengthen the legal profession as a member of the Commission on 
Judicial Nominees Evaluation, as well as the Committees on the 
Environment and Administration of Justice. He has given exemplary 
service to the legal community as a judge pro-tem and arbitrator for 
the Superior and Municipal Courts of San Mateo County, as an instructor 
of business law at San Mateo County Community College, and as a 
lecturer for the Continuing Education of the Bar and at numerous trial 
lawyer seminars. Mr. Bergeron has used his tireless energy to make 
great contributions to local legal organizations, including the Legal 
Aid Society, the County Bar Association, the Barristers Club, and the 
Trial Lawyers Association. In 1982, the California Trial Lawyers 
Association, on whose board he also served, recognized Joe Bergeron as 
its Outstanding Trial Lawyer Chapter President.
  Mr. Speaker, Joe Bergeron has been a shining light in San Mateo 
County throughout his long history of service to the public and the 
legal community. I've been privileged to work closely with him and I'm 
proud to call him my friend. I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting 
Joe Bergeron as he retires from the San Mateo County Planning 
Commission.


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