[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 191 (Monday, December 4, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S17928]
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                  ON THE RETIREMENT OF LAUREN F. OTIS

 Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, I rise today to wish great 
congratulations to Lauren F. Otis, who retired Thursday, November 30, 
1995, after 28 years of dedicated service to the city of New York's 
department of city planning.
  Mr. Otis has been with the department of city planning since 1967, 
the last 11 as chief urban designer. In this capacity, he has acted as 
a consultant to the chairman and the city planning commission on a 
variety of urban matters while developing comprehensive studies of the 
five boroughs of New York City as an overall framework for individual 
projects. Prior to becoming the chief urban designer, Mr. Otis was a 
key member of a team of architectural professionals who developed new 
zoning and regulatory approaches for the development of Midtown 
Manhattan and the Wall Street area. Some of his individual urban design 
highlights include Times Square, the Citicorp Center and the Sliver 
Building zoning amendment.
  A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard University School of 
Design, Mr. Otis served in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps from 
1955-58 before moving to architectural design, working as a staff 
architect for I.M. Pei & Partners before joining the city of New York.
  In addition to Mr. Otis' work in the department of city planning, his 
patronage of New York City's cultural spirit as mayor's representative 
to the New York City Art Commission between 1982 and 1992, the last 7 
years as vice president, and as a representative to the New York City 
Historic Properties Fund deserves recognition.
  Mr. President, I hope my colleagues will join me in wishing him the 
best of luck in his much deserved retirement.
  (At the request of Mr. Daschle, the following statement was ordered 
to be printed in the Record.)

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