[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 29, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E771]
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                     TRIBUTE TO CANTOR NORMAN ROSE

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 29, 1997

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Cantor Norman Rose who is 
celebrating his 40th year in the Cantorate and his 25th year as Cantor 
of Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park, MI.
  Born in New York and inspired by his father, a tenor who sang in 
choirs, young Norman was raised in a home where music was a constant 
force.
  He received a scholarship to the prestigious Curtis School of Music 
in Philadelphia, and studied there until World War II. The 15th Air 
Force called him to duty in Italy where he served over 50 missions as a 
radio operator and gunner.
  At the conclusion of the war, Norman Rose obtained his BA and MA 
degrees in music from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, and in 
1949 he received 1 of 10 scholarships to the renowned La Scala Opera 
House in Milan, Italy. These scholarships were La Scala's way of saying 
thank you to the Americans for having totally restored their opera 
house that had been bombed during the war.
  In 1952, Norman Rose entered the newly opened Hebrew Union College of 
Sacred Music where he was invested as Cantor.
  Cantor Rose has served Temple Emanu-El for the past 25 years and has 
brought music and music appreciation to all its members--young and old. 
His warmth, his dedication, and his friendship have been deeply 
appreciated by all his congregants, and especially by the young boys 
and girls whom he prepares for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Cantor 
Rose's accomplishments and years of service to his congregation. We 
wish him and his wife, Euni, many more years of joyful participation at 
Temple Emanu-El, and good health and happiness along the way.

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