[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E548]
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                         TRIBUTE TO LEO NELSON

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                         HON. J. DENNIS HASTERT

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 16, 1996

  Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an outstanding civic 
leader of Illinois' 14th Congressional District, Leo Nelson, on his 
forthcoming receipt of the Elgin Cosmopolitan Club's Annual 
Distinguished Service Award.
  Leo Nelson has served the community of Elgin with great distinction 
over the years, serving as a member of city government for over a 
decade and participating in a number of community activities. The list 
of accomplishments during his long career are many, and there are 
several States across this Nation that are better for his service 
there. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he graduated from the 
University of Illinois with a Bachelor's degree in political science in 
1957. He then served his country for several years in the U.S. Army, 
retiring and returning to college at Boston University where he 
received his Master's degree in 1964. He began his professional career 
as administrative assistant to the city manager of Rock Island, IL in 
1964, and followed that position with city management positions in 
Wyoming, Michigan and Sidney, OH before settling in Elgin, IL, in late 
1972.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Nelson has been a highly valued member of the Elgin 
community for nearly 25 years, and his list of civic activities is 
quite lengthy. He is a former director and current chairman of the 
Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce Board, the president-elect of the United 
Way of Elgin Board, member of the Elgin Community College Foundation 
Board and current chairman of the Robotics and High Technology Academy 
of School District U-46 in Elgin. His past activities have included 
time as chairman of the Jayne Shover Easter Seal Center, as chairman of 
the Greater Elgin Area YMCA Corporate Board, and as a member of the 
Neighborhood Housing Services Board, the Well Child Conference and the 
Elgin affiliate of the Literacy Volunteers of America.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues to join me in honoring this 
dedicated man, for his commitment to the Elgin community and to 
improving this Nation. I wish him well as they years's recipient of the 
Elgin Cosmopolitan Club's Annual Distinguished Service Award, an honor 
that is richly deserved.

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