[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 102 (Thursday, July 11, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1240-E1241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN-ITALIAN PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS 
                              WOMEN'S CLUB

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 10, 1996

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, July 21, the American Italian 
Professional and Business Women's Club will celebrate its 40th 
anniversary. AMIT, as it is known, was established in 1956 by Maria 
Lalli and Maria Giuliano to further cultural, charitable, and social 
functions, with an emphasis on Italian culture whenever the opportunity 
arises. The club derives its membership from women who are of Italian 
descent or are married to a man of Italian descent.
  AMIT's list of beneficiaries includes a broad range of organizations 
around the world. Missions and health care institutions in Burma, 
India, and Detroit, MI, children and orphans in the United States and 
Italy, Italian earthquake and flood relief efforts, public television, 
symphony orchestras, and Orchestra Hall in Detroit, all have been 
assisted by their interest and generosity. A special focus of their 
support is those places which celebrate Italian culture: The Italian 
American Cultural and Community Center, the Italian Heritage Room at 
Wayne State University, and the Church of San Francisco.
  Social functions arranged around artistic and cultural presentations 
provide the funds for AMIT's charitable work. The club is proud to have 
presented lectures by the daughters of distinguished Italian scientists 
Guglielmo Marconi and Enrico Fermi. They have sponsored book and author 
luncheons featuring Italian-American authors or writers on Italian 
subjects, and have promoted events at the Detroit Institute of Arts 
when Italian artists were on special exhibition. Italian musicians, 
both established artists and prodigies, have been presented in recital.
  Now at the close of its fourth decade of activity, AMIT boasts 
several families with multiple generations of membership and 
leadership. The Giuliano-Baker family takes great pride in its four 
successive generations of women who have served the club as president, 
beginning with the first president and co-founder, Maria Giuliano.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the American Italian Professional and 
Business Women's Club on achieving 40 years of outstanding service to 
the community, and I wish them many more years of successful endeavor. 
Our Nation's strength lies, in part, in groups such

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as AMIT whose members take their place in American life while fostering 
appreciation for the future of their homeland.

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