[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 28 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      TRIBUTE TO BEVERLY HILLS CITY COUNCILMEMBER ALLAN ALEXANDER

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                          HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 6, 1997

  Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in 
recognizing the distinguished career of Beverly Hills City 
Councilmember Allan Alexander, who is retiring after many years of 
public service.
  Councilmember Alexander served as mayor of Beverly Hills for two 
terms and has been a vital member of the city council since 1988. His 
interest in community and devotion to public service can be traced as 
far back as his childhood in the small agricultural town of Watsonville 
in Northern California.
  Councilmember Alexander practiced law for 28 years prior to his 
election to the city council. During that time he affirmed his 
commitment to public service as president and director of Public 
Counsel, the largest pro bono law firm in the nation.
  As a councilmember, Mr. Alexander continued to participate in local 
organizations, believing that one must be an active participant both at 
the community level and beyond its borders. He served as an officer and 
director of the Economic Resources Corp., which is working to redevelop 
South Central Los Angeles, and as director and president of the SOS 
Exceptional Youth Foundation, which provides schools for mentally 
challenged and delinquent children.
  Councilmember Alexander made additional important contributions 
through his exemplary leadership in a variety of other organizations. 
He sat on the City Planning Commission, serving as its chair from 1986 
to 1987, as founding president and director of the Southwest Beverly 
Hills Homeowners Association, and as a member of the Beverly Hills 
Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association.
  While on the council, Councilmember Alexander worked to develop 
transportation and traffic programs, and he encouraged the creation of 
traffic management plans to divert traffic away from residential 
streets. He championed numerous causes of special importance to the 
city such as crime prevention, emergency preparedness, support for the 
Beverly Hills school system and historical preservation. The residents 
of Beverly Hills owe a great debt of gratitude to Allan Alexander for 
his exceptional record of service and achievement.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Councilmember Alexander 
for his long and successful career in public service and in wishing 
him, his wife Joan, and their three sons great happiness and success in 
the future.

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