[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 88 (Friday, June 14, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1092]
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                   TRIBUTE TO JAMES A. STRAWDER, JR.

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 13, 1996

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to acknowledge an individual with a 
longstanding commitment to the Brooklyn community and has dedicated a 
great part of the last 15 years of his practice of architecture to the 
problems and tasks of rebuilding and revitalizing the urban community's 
housing and commercial fabric.
  James A. Strawder, Jr. was raised and educated in Brooklyn, and has 
been an eyewitness to the physical deterioration of Brooklyn's unique 
communities and beautiful building stock. Once attractive and vibrant 
neighborhoods such as east New York and Brownsville have fallen prey to 
the ravages of social and economic neglect, as have so many of this 
Nation's urban communities. It's been the mission of his firm, working 
in concert with many other concerned professional and community 
organizations, to attempt to make a positive impact on restoring the 
housing and commercial reserves, and in doing so, giving back some of 
the riches given to him.
  Mr. Strawder attended public school in Brooklyn, graduated from 
Brooklyn Technical High School and Columbia University's School of 
Architecture, where he received his bachelor of architecture degree. He 
is presently registered to practice in the States of New York, New 
Jersey, and Florida and is a certified member of the National Council 
of Architectural Registration Boards [NCARB]. I am proud to introduce 
James A. Strawder, Jr. to my House colleagues.

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