[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 88 (Thursday, May 25, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1121-E1122]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  CELEBRATING THE SERVICE OF MARK JAFFE

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                          HON. JAMES A. BARCIA

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 24, 1995
  Mr. BARCIA. Mr. Speaker, we have in recent weeks spent a great deal 
of time talking about educational opportunities for our young people, 
and the value of education. We should never forget that the quality of 
education is most dependent upon the people who are involved in the day 
to day efforts to make our schools the best in the world.
  The people who have been served by the Essexville-Hampton Public 
School system have had the good fortune of twenty-eight years of 
service from Mark Jaffe as a trustee of the Essexville-Hampton Board of 
Education from July 1966 to 1970 and 1972-73, and as its President from 
1971 to 1972, and again from 1973 to the present. He is recognized as a 
tenacious doers, who has always acted on his belief of what was best 
for the school system, even if that meant taking unpopular stands.
  And the Essexville-Hampton Public Schools are better because of it. 
During his tenure, Mr. Jaffe was responsible for the establishment of 
[[Page E1122]] Quintin E. Cramer Junior High School in 1969, and also 
saw Garber High School designated as one of the top 10 high schools in 
the State of Michigan in 1987 as well as being a National Excellence in 
Education Honoree that same year.
  His capabilities and commitment extended to business where he held a 
number of directorships and offices with a number of area companies, 
including First of America Bank Michigan Airgas, Mid-Michigan Welding 
Supply, Bay City Inns, Peoples National Bank and Trust, Valley Oxygen 
Company, Thermal Concentrates, Inc., and Bay Welding Supply. He also 
exhibited a strong sense of other civic involvements with many 
organizations, including the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, the Great 
Lakes Center Foundation, United Way, Delta College, Saginaw Valley 
State University, the YWCA, the University of Michigan, the Rotary 
Club, the Bay Medical Center Fund Drive, and as Chairman of the Finance 
Committee of the Essexville-Hampton Citizens Advisory Committee.
  Mark Jaffe has had a sense of responsibility to his community and to 
his work that is exceeded only by his commitment to his family. His 
wife Judith, and his children Lynne Goldstein, Ellen Conginundi, and 
David, have all been key components of his lifetime of caring, and 
remain important anchors for those times when we all need to rest on 
calmer shores.
  Mr. Speaker, people of accomplishment send the best kind of message 
to our young people--that hard work and perseverance have their just 
rewards. Mark Jaffe has been a lifetime model for thousands of young 
people in the Essexville-Hampton Public Schools, and I am sure that he 
will continue as a leader worthy of respect and honors in all else that 
he might chose to do. I urge you to and all of our colleagues to join 
me in wishing him the very best on his retirement.


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