[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 137 (Saturday, September 28, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1784]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      IN RECOGNITION OF MIKE GUIGNO FOR 56 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 27, 1996

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, on September 30 of this year, Mr. Mike 
Guigno, special projects officer for the directorate of public works at 
Fort Monmouth, NJ, will be retiring after 56 years of distinguished and 
exemplary public service. I am proud to have the opportunity to commend 
Mr. Guigno for this service and congratulate him on his retirement.
  As all of those who know Mike Guigno are aware, his record is truly 
an outstanding one. Having joined the National Guard in 1939 and served 
his country in World War II as part of Headquarters Company, 114th 
Intelligence and Reconnaissance, he established himself as a public 
servant in the earliest days of this professional life--a fact which 
the Fort Monmouth community would discover a few years after the war 
when he was transferred to the post engineers in October 1950.
  Since that time, Mr. Guigno's career has been nothing short of a 
model of excellence. He has worked tirelessly to improve Fort Monmouth 
and his work, which included a 1970 visit with President Nixon to 
discuss problems affecting the fort's community, will never be 
forgotten. The numerous letters, certificates and awards he has 
received in recognition of this service--most notably selection as the 
1989 Fort Monmouth Civilian Employee of the Year and 1995 U.S. Army 
Material Command Public Works Support Executive of the Year--ensure the 
Fort Monmouth community will forever be in his debt. Indeed as a co-
chair of the Save Our Fort Committee, a grassroots organization 
committed to improving Fort Monmouth, it is with great pleasure that I 
express both the public's gratitude, and my own, for all he has done.
  Mr. Guigno's family, wife Marguerite, son and daugther-in-law Victor 
and Cyndee, and sister Theresa are surely proud of him as well. 
Undoubtedly the road he has paved to get to his final position of 
special projects office of the directorate of public works--including 
that outside of professional life, which led to frequent participation 
in local church parish activities--has undoubtedly enriched their 
lives.
  Mr. Speaker, as this long and honorable list of accomplishments 
indicates, Mike Guigno's life has been full and his record of public 
service stellar. In short, he has set an example of citizenry that all 
should follow.
  In closing, I once again, congratulate Mike Guigno and thank him for 
a lifetime dedicated to improving the life of his fellow citizen.

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