[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 7, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E870]
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  ADOLPH KOEPPEL HONORED BY THE TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

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                         HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 7, 1997

  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join with my constituents 
of the fifth congressional district, the overseers of the Tilles Center 
for the Performing Arts, and the countless friends and supporters of 
the arts as they gather on May 10 to honor Adolph Koeppel.
  Adolph Koeppel has served as a distinguished and dedicated member of 
the Tilles Center since its inception. This week, he will receive the 
first Gilbert Tilles Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of Mr. 
Koeppel's ongoing sponsorship of the annual Tilles Center engagement of 
the New York City Opera National Company. Beginning next fall, a Tilles 
Center Scholarship Award will be made annually in honor of Adolph and 
Rhoda Koeppel to encourage the development of young artists and of new 
audiences for the arts.
  Adolph Koeppel's devotion to the cultural life of Long Island is 
matched by his dedication to his profession. As the founding partner of 
Koeppel Martone Leistman and Herman, Mr. Koeppel has emerged as a 
leading tax certiorari attorney, and has gained wide recognition for 
his legal prowess among those practicing law in New York, the District 
of Columbia, and Florida. Indeed, Mr. Koeppel has established a 
reputation that readily emerges as a yardstick by which countless 
future legal efforts must be measured. His published works are 
voluminous and are used by practitioners as guideposts to addressing 
complex tax-law issues.
  Mr. Speaker, there are few individuals with a career so intense and 
demanding as Adolph Koeppel's who can readily take a hobby and make it 
into a second career. Yet Adolph Koeppel has turned his love of 
philately into a professional endeavor. He has produced four books on 
the tax revenue stamps of India, and will soon be publishing a fifth 
volume that will serve as the definitive work on Italian fiscal stamps.
  Yet of all his accomplishments and achievements in a career so 
diverse and time-consuming, Adolph Koeppel's personal achievements are 
his crowning success. He and his wife, Rhoda, are the parents of two 
exceptional daughters, Pamela and Lesley, who have in turn blessed the 
Koeppels with three granddaughters, Melissa, Jennifer, and Tara.
  Mr. Speaker, it is at a time such as this, when our country eagerly 
searches for heroes who readily bring forth those strong values so 
endearing and meaningful, that we are enriched by Adolph Koeppel's 
enormous contributions of leadership, scholarship, and family love. I, 
therefore, ask my colleagues to join with me in this most deserving 
salute to Adolph Koeppel.

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