[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E610]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO ALOIS VANA, RETIRED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BERWYN PARK 
                                DISTRICT

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                        HON. WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 23, 1996

  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, today I pay tribute to an outstanding 
gentlemen from my district who has devoted himself to his community, 
Mr. Alois Vana, the retired executive director of the Berwyn, IL, Park 
District, who will receive the All Berwyn Committee's 1996 Merit Award 
April 26.
  Mr. Vana, a Berwyn native who grew up across the street from one of 
the parks he would eventually oversee, joined the district as 
superintendent in 1958, and he served his community for 37 years before 
retiring December 31, 1995.
  Mr. Vana, an Army veteran, also served as president of the Berwyn 
Kiwanis Club and United Way, and has contributed to many other 
charitable and civic organizations, including the West Suburban Council 
of the Boy Scouts of America and the Berwyn Tree Board.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Mr. Vana on receiving this honor from the 
All Berwyn Committee and wish him many more years of service to his 
community.

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