[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 99 (Friday, June 16, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1283]
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                       TRIBUTE TO M. EDWARD KELLY

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                         HON. J. DENNIS HASTERT

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 16, 1995

  Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an outstanding civic 
leader of Illinois' 14th Congressional District, M. Edward Kelly, on 
his forthcoming retirement.
  Ed Kelly has served since December 1976 as the executive vice 
president of the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce. The list of 
accomplishments during his long career are many, and there are many 
States across this Nation that are better for his service there. Born 
and raised in Parkersburg, WV, he graduated from Marietta College in 
Marietta, OH and entered the field of organization management in 1955. 
He began his professional career with the Benton Harbor-Saint Joseph's 
Chamber of Commerce in Michigan, and managed chambers in Oshkosh, WI 
and Springfield, MO before settling in Elgin, IL.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kelly has been a valued member of the Elgin 
community for years, and his list of civic and professional activities 
is a long one. A former director of the YMCA Corporate Board, Miss 
Illinois Scholarship Pageant, and Elgin Sesquicentennial Committee, he 
is also a past president of the Rotary Club of Elgin. To this day he 
serves as a member of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, as 
an ex officio member of the Center City Development Corp. and as a 
trustee of the Northwest Suburban Mass Transit District.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues to join me in honoring this 
dedicated man, for his commitment to this Nation's businesses and to 
the Elgin community. I wish my friend the best in his retirement. His 
experience and dedication have served the people of Elgin well.

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