[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 130 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1666]
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                       TRIBUTE TO DAVID HERMELIN

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 19, 1996

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, September 24, David Hermelin will 
receive from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit an award of 
unusual distinction, the Fred M. Butzel Award for Distinguished 
Community Service.
  David Hermelin is synonymous with community. Community in its fullest 
and broadest sense. Like few others, his efforts have been as extensive 
as they have been intensive.
  He has been a pillar within the Jewish Community of Metropolitan 
Detroit. He is President of World ORT Union, a member of the Board of 
Governors of the Jewish Federation, Vice Chairman of the United Jewish 
Appeal, and a Director-at-Large of the United Synagogue for 
Conservative Judaism. He has been a linchpin in a variety of efforts 
critical to the security and well-being of the State of Israel and to 
amicable relations between the United States and Israel.
  His efforts has touched almost every other aspect of community life 
in and about Michigan. He has been deeply involved in the health needs 
of our State, as evidenced by his active work with the Barbara Ann 
Karmanos Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital, among others.
  He has been instrumental in the flourishing of the arts, highlighted 
by his key role with the Detroit Symphony and Orchestra Hall, the 
Detroit Institute of Arts and the new Opera House of the Michigan 
Opera.
  David Hermelin has also been active in the business world. His 
endeavors have spanned his highly successful insurance business to his 
role in the development of Palace of Auburn Hills.
  While I have been lucky to know David Hermelin personally for many 
years, I do not know his middle name. Perhaps it is Peripatetic. David 
Hermelin has set an example for all to emulate, though few, if any, 
could quite do so.
  Amidst all of this whirlwind of activity, David Hermelin has always 
found time for his beloved family. He and his wife Doreen have never 
lost sight of a central tenet of their heritage--the family comes 
first. I join the very large extended family of David Hermelin's 
friends and admirers in extending heartiest congratulations on his 
receipt of the Butzel Award.

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