[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E908]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   TRIBUTE TO VIDAL RIVERA MALDONADO

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 2, 1995
  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I want to highlight the many accomplishments 
of Vidal Rivera Maldonado. Vidal was born in Ponce, PR on September 6, 
1946, to the late Natividad and Isabel Maldonado. He is the fourth of 
nine children. Vidal and his family arrived in New York in 1955.
  Vidal is a product of the New York City Public School System, where 
he attended P.S. 180 and graduated in 1965 from Benjamin Franklin High 
School. From 1967 to 1970 he served in the U.S. Marines, spending 13 
months in the Republic of Vietnam. When he returned, he met and married 
Adalisa Padilla; they are the proud parents of three boys and two 
girls. Vidal received a liberal arts degree from New York Technical 
College in 1978.
  In his varied career, Vidal has worked for various Supreme Court 
judges. Vidal is affectionately known as the beverage man because of 
his work with beverage companies. He is the district sales manager with 
the Good-O-Beverage Co.
  Vidal spends much of his free time devoted to the game of baseball. 
Every weekend during the baseball season, Vidal can be found at the 
East New York/Transit Tech baseball field coaching semi-professional 
teams.
  Vidal and his family have lived in the East New York section of 
Brooklyn for the past 26 years, and are members of St. Fortunata Roman 
Catholic Church.


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