[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 10 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E88-E89]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              GARABED ``CHUCK'' HAYTAIAN TO RECEIVE AWARD

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                           HON. MARGE ROUKEMA

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 25, 1996

  Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Garabed ``Chuck'' 
Haytaian on an award he will receive later this month. Mr. Haytaian, 
the recently retired speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, will be 
honored on January 27 with the 1995 Humanitarian of the Year Award from 
the Warren County chapter of the Arc. The Arc is an organization 
devoted to serving individuals with development disabilities and 
Speaker Haytaian is being honored in recognition of his long commitment 
to that cause. I have known Chuck Haytaian for many years and know that 
this honor is well-deserved. I am extremely pleased to serve as cochair 
of this event.
  Speaker Haytaian's extensive work on behalf of people with 
developmental disabilities was shown recently in his support of the 
human services bond issue of 1994, passed under his leadership as 
speaker. This vital piece of State legislation provided $160 million 
for the creation of new housing for those challenged by developmental 
disabilities, and upgrading of existing housing. This initiative 
benefited 4,000 people on waiting lists for residential services, 
including 60 people on an emergency list in Warren County alone. This 
assistance for Warren County is of particular importance to me, as the 
county is part of my congressional district as well as Speaker 
Haytaian's former legislative district.
  Speaker Haytaian has been a longtime member of the Arc, supporting 
its policies, programs and fundraising. His involvement has helped 
attract others, who have served the organization in positions ranging 
from volunteers to board members.
  This award is the latest recognition of Speaker Haytaian's lifetime 
of public service. Having served as an elected Warren County 
Freeholder, he spent 15 years in the New Jersey Assembly, rising 
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higher leadership posts until becoming assembly speaker in 1992. 
Speaker Haytaian has retired from the legislature but will continue as 
chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, a role he took 
on in 1995 at the request of Gov. Christine Todd Whitman.
  Prior to his 4-year term as speaker, Speaker Haytaian served as both 
minority leader and majority leader in the assembly. He began his 
political career as a member of the Warren County Board of Freeholders 
from 1976 to 1981, serving as Freeholder director in 1977 and 1980. He 
became chairman of the Warren County Republican Committee in 1990, 
served as a member of the reapportionment committee and was a delegate 
to the 1988 Republican National Convention. He was one of New Jersey's 
representatives to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
  Speaker Haytaian, of American heritage, is a national leader in 
Armenian-American affairs, participating in a number of Armenian 
cultural events each year, serving as a trustee of the Hovnanian 
Armenian School and as a director of the Armenian assembly. He is a 
trustee of Centenary College, a member of the honorary board of 
directors of Warren County Community College and a former chairman of 
the Warren County Cancer Society and the United Way campaign for Warren 
County.
  A 1961 graduate of the University of Alabama, the New York City 
native is marketing director for Superior Graphics Inc. A wonderfully 
devoted family man, he is married to the former Joan Mardenly. The 
couple have two sons, David and Darrell, a daughter, Debra Haytaian 
Snyder, and a granddaughter, Nicole Corrine Snyder.

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