[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 29, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E780-E781]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO LOUIS R. MARCHESE

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                          HON. SIDNEY R. YATES

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 29, 1997

  Mr. YATES. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, February 9, 1997, Mr. Louis R. 
Marchese, 65, died at his home in Arlington Heights, IL. I rise today 
to pay tribute to this fine man.
  A prominent lawyer in Illinois, with an extensive background in 
contract and distribution law, Lou was a senior partner with the 
Chicago law firm of Halfpenny, Hahn, Roche & Marchese. He was 
nationally recognized for his expertise in association law, antitrust 
law, contract law, trade regulation, employment law, product liability, 
interstate taxation, and government regulatory law. In addition to his 
significant legal contributions, Lou also lectured at the Executive 
Development Centers

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of the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, University of 
Maryland, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the author 
of several books and articles related to his legal work and experience, 
including: Partners for Profit, How to Meet the Union Organizer's 
Challenge, and Formalizing the Manufacturer/Wholesaler Relationship, to 
mention only a few.
  In his younger days, he was greatly involved in the drafting of the 
25th amendment to the Constitution of these United States. He was 
admitted to argue cases before the Supreme Court and he worked with a 
number of administration's on trade regulation, product liability, and 
Government regulatory law.
  Lou was a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the American Trial 
Lawyers Association, and the legal section of the American Society of 
Association Executives and is only one of two individuals outside of 
the automotive field to be elected to the Automotive Hall of Fame. He 
received his law degree from the DePaul University School of Law in 
Chicago and was an Army veteran of the Korean war.
  Of Lou's many, many accomplishment's, none were more important to him 
than his family and friends. Lou truly loved his family and friends. 
His sense of humor and commanding, yet reassuring, voice will be missed 
by all those whose lives he touched.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my understanding that the reception line at his 
wake was out the door and that it continued that way throughout the 
day. The real tribute to Lou's life is that so many of his family, 
friends, and business associates waited in that never ending line to 
pay their respects and pass along condolences to Marge and the 
children.
  His son, Steven, the fourth of five children, is my talented and 
effective legislative director. Lou and Marge took great price in the 
fact that they were able to help all five of their children graduate 
from college and begin their lives with a solid foundation of family, 
friends, and education.
  Besides Steven, Lou is survived by his wife of 36 years, Margaret, or 
as he liked to call her, his ``Margie Babe''; daughters, Anne Griffith 
(John), Mary Ellen Baker (Bob) and Meg Marchese; son, John (Julie); his 
mother, Anna; brother, Jerry; and six grandchildren, Hayden and Quinn 
(Baker), Emily and Claire (Griffith), and Joey and Jimmy (Marchese).
  Lou and Marge practiced family values long before it became 
politically correct to do so. And I am proud to know Marge and honored 
to have known such an outstanding gentleman in Lou Marchese. The legal 
field lost one of its rarest jewels on Sunday. I want to take this 
opportunity to express my deepest sympathies to Marge and the children 
in their time of sorrow.

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