[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 72 (Friday, May 30, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1072]
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          TRIBUTE TO RONALD S. FAVA, PASSAIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 30, 1997

  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call to your attention 
Ronald S. Fava, prosecutor of the County of Passaic, NJ, in honor of 
National Police Week.
  Ron was born on March 14, 1949. A lifelong resident of Paterson, he 
attended Paterson public schools and is a graduate of Paterson Central 
High School. In 1969, Ronald graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson 
University, Rutherford campus with a bachelor of arts degree. He earned 
his juris in doctore in 1972 from Seton Hall Law School, Newark.
  Ronald was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in November 1972. He was an 
assistant county prosecutor with the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office 
from 1973 to 1974 and a municipal prosecutor for the city of Paterson 
from 1974 to 1978. Elected in 1975, Ron also served one term as an 
assemblyman for New Jersey's 35th Legislative District. He was the 
second youngest member of the assembly at the time.
  In April 1980, Ron became municipal court judge for the city of 
Paterson and was a full-time presiding judge of the Paterson Municipal 
Court from October 1981 to June 1988. He was appointed as the Passaic 
County prosecutor on June 7, 1988 and was reappointed on June 30, 1995.
  Ron has been active in many civic and professional associations. He 
has served as vice-chairman and chairman of the Boy Scouts of America, 
Passaic Valley Council, north valley district. He has also led the 
County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey as its president from 1992 
to 1993 and has become the chair of the County Prosecutors 
Association's Legislative Committee from 1995 to 1996. Ron is currently 
a member of Passaic County Bar Association, the National District 
Attorneys Association, the Supreme Court Committees on Criminal 
Practice and on Municipal Courts, and the New Jersey Sentencing Policy 
Study Commission. He has been appointed by Governor Whitman as a member 
of the Study Commission on Parole and is a trustee of the New Jersey 
Bar Association, Criminal Law Section.
  Ronald and his wife Gloria are the proud parents of two children, 
daughter, Valerie and son, Stephen Ronald.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like for you to join me, our colleagues, 
Ronald's family and friends, and the County of Passaic in recognizing 
the outstanding and invaluable service to law enforcement of Ronald S. 
Fava, prosecutor of Passaic County.