[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 64 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E813]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       TRIBUTE TO DAVID B. CRABIEL

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, April 6, 1995
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, April 30, 1995, Mr. David B. 
Crabiel, director of New Jersey's Middlesex County's Board of Chosen 
Freeholders, will be presented the Hubert H. Humphrey Friend of Labor 
Award at the 4th annual Middlesex AFL-CIO awards and scholarship 
brunch.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a great honor to pay tribute to David Crabiel, a 
dedicated family man who has, since he became the youngest member of 
the Milltown Rescue Squad at age 16, selflessly dedicated his adult 
life to public and community service. Having been in public service as 
an elected official in various positions since 1960, Mr. Crabiel has 
held himself to an exemplary standard of citizenry.
  Entering public life as a councilman, in 1967 Mr. Crabiel was elected 
mayor of Milltown, a position in which he served for 11 years before 
being appointed to the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders. 
Elected a freeholder after his appointed term expired, Mr. Crabiel 
served on the board through 1991 and was reelected in 1993. Wielding a 
distinguished record of leadership and service, he has, unsurprisingly, 
risen to a leadership position on the board, where he currently serves 
as Freehold director.
  While this record is impressive by itself, it tells only have the 
story. In addition to the public positions he has held, Mr. Crabiel has 
generously donated his talents to several different community causes. 
To cite just a few examples, he has served as honorary chairman of the 
Melvin H. Motolinsky Research Foundation, as a member of the board of 
directors of the Cerebral Palsy Association, and as honorary cochair of 
the Middlesex County Human Relations Commission.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a great pleasure and honor for me to pay tribute 
to a man whose life has been dedicated to the betterment of his 
community and the service to others. Personifying altruism through 
public and community service, Mr. Crabiel has truly set a standard 
which members of all communities would do well to follow.


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