[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 10 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E92]
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                   TRIBUTE TO MAYOR EDWARD GALLAGHER

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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 recognize Mayor Edward J. 
Gallagher of Old Tappan, NJ, on the occasion of his retirement. Mayor 
Gallagher served 16 years as mayor and 4 years as councilman. His many 
friends will honor him at a testimonial dinner January 21. Mayor 
Gallagher's 20-year contribution to municipal government has been 
exemplary. He will be missed.
  Mayor Gallagher was sworn in as a member of the Old Tappan Borough 
Council in 1976 and promptly rose to key leadership positions in the 
borough government. He served in successive years as chairman of the 
council's committees on finance, pubic works and health, and police and 
civil defense. He was also chairman of the Old Tappan Golf Course 
Commission.
  He became mayor in 1980 and held the post until January 1 of this 
year.
  Mayor Gallagher's expertise was well recognized throughout the State. 
He was a president of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities and 
served on Governor Jim Florio's Municipal Issues Advisory Group, which 
was formed to help alleviate State fiscal problems related to 
municipalities. He was president of the Pascack Valley Mayors 
Association and a member of the Northern Valley Mayors Association and 
the Bergen County Republican Mayors Association. He was president of 
the Old Tappan Republican Club, a member of the advisory committee of 
the Bergen County Utilities Authority and Old Tappan's representative 
to the joint insurance fund.
  The mayor's contribution to public service has gone beyond government 
office. He serves as a eucharistic minister at St. Pius X Church, and 
has been a trustee and treasurer of the Old Tappan Lions Club, a coach 
of the Old Tappan Little League and active with Old Tappan Boy Scout 
Troops 132.
  A graduate of Pace University and of Stanford University's executive 
program, Mayor Gallagher is the retired financial vice president of E. 
Leitz, Inc., and president of Optometric Inc. of Houston.
  Mayor Gallagher's long commitment to public service is well 
appreciated by the people of Old Tappan. I offer my congratulations on 
his dedicated career.

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