[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1065]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  GILBERT DE LA ROSA HONORED FOR LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO CITY OF PICO 
                                 RIVERA

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                       HON. ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 12, 1996

  Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me today in 
paying tribute to a friend of mine, the Honorable Gilbert ``Gil'' De La 
Rosa, Pico Rivera City Councilman. On Saturday, June 8, 1996, the board 
of directors of the Intercommunity Blind Center will recognize Gil for 
his many years of dedicated service to the city by honoring him with 
its Distinguished Leadership Award.
  Gil served on the Pico Rivera City Council from 1982 to 1990. He 
served as mayor in 1986, and is currently mayor pro-tempore. He was 
elected again to the council in 1994.
  He also was elected to the El Rancho Unified School District Board of 
Education in 1966, and was reelected to this position four times, 
serving until 1982. He was appointed to a management skills team to 
represent the California School Boards Association, and advised 
districts throughout the State on good management techniques. Gil was 
elected president of the Mexican-American School Boards Association in 
1981, and was appointed by the National School Boards President to a 10 
person task force that developed an investment procedure for school 
districts throughout the United States.
  Gil is an active member of the Pico Rivera Lions Club, and served as 
its president in 1984-85. His extensive work with the St. Francis of 
Xavier Holy Name Society, and the Beverly Hospital Foundation, on whose 
board he has served for 16 years, are well known and respected 
throughout the community. His involvement in the community also 
includes membership on the board of directors of the Pico Rivera 
Redevelopment Agency, and the Pico Rivera Housing Assistance Agency; he 
also serves with the League of California Cities Environmental Quality 
Committee, the United Way Board, Pico Rivera Transportation Committee, 
and is a member of the Southeast Mosquito Abatement District.
  Gil has received three gubernatorial appointments as a probate 
referee, and has been honored as a life member of the California 
Parents and Teachers Association. He is a member and now serves as 
immediate past president of the Intercommunity Blind Center. Gil is a 
veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in WWII. He and his lovely 
wife, Sylvia, live in Pico Rivera.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with pride that I ask my colleagues to join me in 
saluting the Honorable Gilbert De La Rosa for his many years of 
selfless service to the Intercommunity Blind Center, the city of Pico 
Rivera, and to our Nation.

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