[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE LESTER F. HERRSCHAFT

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 3, 1997

  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call to you attention the 
Honorable Lester F. Jerrschaft, Councilman for the City of Clifton, New 
Jersey who is being honored by Knights of Columbus Council 3769 as 
their ``Man of the Year.''
  Councilman Herrschaft was born and raised in the City of Clifton. He 
is a graduate of Clifton Elementary School No. 6 and Clifton High 
School. He entered the service upon graduation from high school and 
served with the Army (infantry) in Europe during World War II. He is a 
member of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Clifton Chapter No. 1, 
the American Legion Post No. 8 and the Athenia Veterans Post, Military 
Order of the Purple Heart.
  Councilman Herrschaft is a principal and chief financial officer of 
Albert A. Stier Inc., and affiliated Realty Corporations of Clifton and 
manager of Styertowne Shopping Center. While successful professionally, 
Councilman Herrschaft has never forgotten about his community.
  His involvements are numerous. Councilman Herrschaft has served for 
15 years on the Clifton Board of Education, and for seven of those 
years, served as president. He is a former trustee of both the Clifton 
Boys Club and the Passaic-Clifton Boys Club and the Passaic-Clifton 
YMCA, has served as Special Gifts Chairman of the Passaic Valley United 
Way, and serves on the board of the Clifton Adult Opportunity Center. 
Councilman Herrschaft further served on the Board of Governors of 
Passaic General Hospital. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Valley 
National Bank and was appointed by the Supreme Court to serve on the 
Passaic County Legal Free Arbitration Committee. He is a member and 
past president of the Clifton Rotary Club. He is a member of Clifton 
Lodge No. 203 and president of the Clifton Masonic Temple Association. 
Councilman Herrschaft was the recipient of the Joseph J. Kolodziej 
Humanitarian Award in February 1993 and the Clifton Optimist Man of the 
Year in 1995.
  Councilman Herrschaft was elected to his third term of the Clifton 
Municipal Council in July 1994. He contributes to many charitable 
endeavors. Councilman Herrschaft is a member of the Salaam Temple of 
the Shrine and is actively involved in the support of the Shrine 
Crippled Childrens Hospital and Burn Center.
  Councilman Herrschaft is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University 
where he was awarded his Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in 
management. He and his wife, Dorothy, reside in Clifton and have two 
sons, Skip and Peter and three grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me, our colleagues, Councilman 
Herrschaft's family and friends and the City of Clifton in recognizing 
the outstanding and invaluable service to the community of the 
Honorable Lester F. Herrschaft, Councilman for the City of Clifton.

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