[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 86 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1260-E1261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE NICHOLAS M. ROLLI, MAYOR OF THE TOWNSHIP OF 
                                 VERONA

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 19, 1997

  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call to your attention the 
Honorable Nicholas M. Rolli, mayor of the Township of Verona, New 
Jersey.
  Mayor Rolli, a lifelong resident of Verona, was born on September 29, 
1954. He has served on the Township Council since 1981 and served as 
mayor from 1987 to 1989 and 1991 to 1993. He additionally served as 
deputy mayor from 1993 to 1994. Mayor Rolli was selected to fill a 
vacancy on the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders when James 
Treffinger resigned to take the position of Essex County executive and 
was elected to fill that term on November 7, 1995.
  Mayor Rolli, who worked his way through college at a supermarket and 
as a musician, graduated from Seton Hall University in 1976 with a B.S. 
in accounting and is active in alumni affairs, giving back to the 
school which gave him so much.
  Mayor Rolli is the Director of Financial Communications for Philip 
Morris Co., Inc., the world's largest consumer packaged goods company. 
He has held this position since 1993. Previously he was the Manager of 
Financial Communications and prior to joining Philip Morris, Mayor 
Rolli was the Manager of Investor Relations with the Colgate-Palmolive 
Co. He is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute and the 
Association for Investment Management and Research.
  Mayor Rolli is the founder of the Verona Mayor's Charity Ball, a 
nonpolitical, nonprofit fundraising program aimed at supporting civic 
and youth programs in Verona. The program has raised over $20,000 in 
its first 3 years.
  Mayor Rolli is the President of the Italian-American Club of Verona 
and received the group's Distinguished Service award in 1991. He was 
named as one of the outstanding young men of America in 1988 and is a 
lector at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Verona. Mayor Rolli is a past 
trustee of the North Jersey Developmental Center, a volunteer position 
to which he was appointed by Gov. Thomas Kean.
  Mayor Rolli and his wife, Judy, are the proud parents of their two 
children, Deana and Mark, ages 12 and 9 respectively, who attend Verona 
public schools.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like for you to join me, our colleagues, Mayor 
Rolli's family and

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friends, the Township of Verona and the County of Essex in recognizing 
Mayor Nicholas M. Rolli's outstanding and invaluable service to the 
community.

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