[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 59 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E882-E883]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO GERALD R. BALDELLI

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                            HON. JACK QUINN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 8, 1997

  Mr. QUINN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. Gerald Baldelli, on 
the occasion of his retirement.
  Jerry served the Frontier Central School District with distinction in 
several capacities from 1961 to 1996, including teacher, coach, 
mathematics department chairman, director of community education, 
middle school principal, high school principal, and assistant 
superintendent for personnel service. As a teacher and former 
supervisor of the Town of Hamburg, I witnessed first hand Jerry's 
commitment to our community, and his professionalism, and integrity.
  In addition to his work with Frontier Schools, Jerry has served as 
president of the Erie County Interscholastic Conference, president of 
the Erie County High School Principals' Association, president of the 
Western New York Association of School Personnel Administrators, and as 
chairman of New York State Public High School Athletic Association.
  In recognition of that commitment to education, Jerry was honored as 
the 1966 Hamburg Junior Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Young Educator, 
the 1988 New York State

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Athletic Administrators' Association ``Outstanding Commitment to 
Interscholastic Athletics in New York State'' award recipient, and as 
the 1996 Town of Hamburg Service Youth Award winner.
  Further, Jerry has played an important and active role in our 
community through his work with Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church.
  Mr. Speaker, today I would like to join with Jerry's wife, Marie; his 
children, Gerald, Carla, Mark, and Elizabeth; the Frontier Central 
School District; and our Hamburg community to pay tribute to Mr. Gerald 
R. Baldelli. With retirement comes many new opportunities. May he meet 
every opportunity with the same enthusiasm and vigor in which he 
demonstrated throughout his brilliant career; and may those 
opportunities be as fruitful as those in his past.
  Thank you, Jerry, for your tireless effort and personal commitment to 
our western New York community. As you enter retirement, I wish you 
nothing but the best.

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