[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 28, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S4686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


     RECOGNITION OF GLENN T. CARBERRY, NORWICH CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I rise to extend my warm congratulations to 
attorney Glenn T. Carberry, of Norwich, CT, who was recently named 
Citizen of the Year by the Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce.
  A long-time community and political activist in Norwich, Glenn has 
served as vice chairman and economic development chairman of the 
chamber, fundraising chairman of the American Cancer Society, and 
director of the Norwich Lion's Club. Glenn, managing partner of the New 
London law firm Tobin, Levin, Carberry & O'Malley, has also served on 
numerous civic committees and boards, including the Mohegan Park 
Advisory Committee, the Eastern Connecticut Housing Opportunities 
Commission, and the United Community Services Commission.
  The best example of Glenn's commitment to the community was his 
leadership of a successful community-wide effort to bring the minor 
league Albany Yankees to Norwich. As an avid baseball fan, Glenn 
studied the history of minor league baseball and envisioned enormous 
potential for a new Connecticut team. For months, he worked tirelessly 
to turn his dream into reality. Securing permits and garnering 
financial support from State and community leaders, Glenn was the key 
to the project's success. The team, now known as the Norwich 
Navigators, will officially open its first season in Connecticut on 
April 17 at the Thomas Dodd Memorial Stadium.
  As a result of Glenn's efforts, thousands of families will have the 
opportunity to see the Norwich Navigators in action. In addition to its 
entertainment value, the Navigators and the team's new stadium have 
already had a tremendous and long-lasting impact on the regional 
economy. Hundreds of construction jobs have been filled, and hundreds 
more service-related positions will be created in the coming months. 
Eastern Connecticut also expects the tourism industry and local small 
businesses to expand and prosper because of the team.
  In keeping with the tradition of the Eastern Connecticut Chamber of 
Commerce, Glenn has wholeheartedly championed the economic interests of 
eastern Connecticut. Through his advocacy of economic growth and 
commerce, he has provided a wonderful example of citizenship and 
community responsibility. He is a tremendous asset to Norwich and the 
entire State of Connecticut. Without question, Glenn Carberry is the 
Citizen of the Year.
  I ask unanimous consent that an editorial from the New London Day on 
Glenn Carberry be printed at this point in the Record.
  There being no objection, the editional was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

 Glenn Carberry's Talents--This Norwich Attorney Has Developed a Clear 
 Vision of How Social, Economic Progress Depend on Regional Cooperation

       The Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce recognized a 
     real go-getter in choosing attorney Glenn Carberry as citizen 
     of the year. The award speaks most directly to his 
     championing the successful effort to attract the Norwich 
     Navigators' Yankee baseball team, but Mr. Carberry deserves 
     the award for more important reasons.
       He has committed his considerable talents as a lawyer, 
     politician and economic-development specialist to shape a 
     regional sense of community.
       He understood early on what others only recently have 
     learned and what still others have yet to understand; that 
     economic development is regional. More than that point, 
     however, Mr. Carberry knows that the benefits of an orderly 
     society that prospers and offers opportunity to a broad range 
     of citizens happen only when people understate their 
     differences and recognize their similarities.
       Mr. Carberry, who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in the 
     2nd District, has served as an adviser to the Rowland 
     campaign and administration, on the Otis Library Board, in 
     efforts to provide housing through several agencies, and as 
     an active member of the chamber in Norwich.
       The Eastern Connecticut Chamber will honor him at a dinner 
     April 7 at the Ramada Hotel in Norwich. Perhaps the most 
     fitting tribute to this impressive young man, however, would 
     be continued efforts to form a regional organization that 
     merges the Eastern Chamber with the Southeastern Connecticut 
     Chamber of Commerce in New London.
       Such a chamber would exemplify the progressive thinking and 
     regional outlook that has made Mr. Carberry a leader for 
     progress in this area.

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