[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2350]
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                       TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL BRUTON

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                        HON. WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 12, 1995

  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with great sadness at the 
recent passing of Michael Bruton at the age of 59. Michael Bruton, 
president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, died Sunday, November 12, 
from complications caused by cancer.
  Michael held numerous positions with the CFL and the International 
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He was elected president of the CFL 
in 1994, and had been assistant to the president since January 1986. He 
served as vice president of the CFL.
  Michael started his union career in 1954, when he became an 
apprentice electrician with Local 134. He was a 1954 graduate of De La 
Salle High School in Chicago. He attended Washburne Trade School and 
received his journeyman credentials in 1958. He also attended the 
Kennedy Electronics School and the University of Illinois Labor Program 
from 1972 to 1976. In 1989, he was appointed to the board of directors 
of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority by Mayor Richard 
Daley. Michael was a former member of the Illinois State Board of 
Education. He served as secretary of the board and vice chairman of its 
Equal Employment Opportunity Committee.
  Michael was a member of St. Daniel the Prophet Church on Chicago's 
Southwest Side and its Holy Name Society. He coached basketball at St. 
Daniel in the 1980's, and was active in the Boy Scouts of America. 
Michael served on the board of the United Way/Crusade of Mercy Catholic 
Charities, the Board of Governors of the Metropolitan Planning Council 
and the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau. He also was a labor 
representative on the Chicago Private Industry Council and served 
several other charitable and civic organizations.
  Mr. Speaker, I extend my condolences to his wife, Marilyn; three 
sons, Michael, Timothy, and Thomas; six daughters, Susan Cerebona, Mary 
Beth Carroll, Nancy Herbster, Sharon, Denise, and Karen; three 
brothers, Lawrence, Patrick, and James; and two sisters, Ann Howell and 
Pauline Thomas.

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