[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 95 (Tuesday, July 8, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO MARK S. LEVENSON

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 8, 1997

  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call to your attention 
Mark S. Levenson of Clifton, NJ.
  Mark was born and raised in Boston, MA and graduated from Maimonides 
Day School. He is a cum laude graduate of Brandeis University where he 
majored in economics and political science and was a recipient of the 
William Mazur Scholarship. During and after college, Mark worked in 
Washington, DC, completing a tenure with Congressman Robert F. Drinan; 
the late Speaker of the House, Thomas P. ``Tip'' O'Neill, Jr.; Senator 
Edward M. Kennedy's Energy subcommittee of the Joint Economic 
Committee; and the Urban Institute think tank.
  Mark received his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1982 
where he served as research editor on the ``Annual Survey of American 
Law.'' He has been a practicing attorney in New York for the last 15 
years, specializing in domestic and international real estate 
transactions and corporate advisory matters. Mark has worked on major 
projects in the United Kingdom, India, the Czech Republic, Canada, 
Australia, Latin America, and throughout the United States. He is 
currently a partner with the firm of Kronish, Lieb, Weiner and Hellman, 
L.L.P. in New York City and is a member of the board of directors of 
the New York Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Real 
Estate Executives and the American Bar Association's Real Estate, 
Probate and Trust Law Section's Environmental Aspects of Corporation 
Subcommittee.
  Mark is the honorary president of Congregation Adas Israel Synagogue 
having served as president for the previous 3 years. He is recording 
secretary of the Jewish Federation of Greater Clifton-Passaic and is a 
member of the executive committee; he chairs the Federation's young 
leadership development program and serves on the YM-YWHA Program 
Services Committee. Mark also is a member of the executive committee of 
the New York Regional Board of the Anti-Defamation League. He was a 
recipient of the 1994 Young Leadership Award of the Federation and has 
received several other awards for his charitable and volunteer work.
  Mark has always been involved in giving back to the community. Prior 
to moving to the Passaic-Clifton area, Mark served as treasurer and 
then vice-president of the Young Israel of the West Side, New York, as 
co-chair of the UJA-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, 
Young Lawyer's Division, and as founding chair of the UJA Lawyer's 
Division Specialty Task Force Subcommittee on Corporations. He was also 
a member of the UJA Lawyer's Division Steering Committee.
  Mark is a pro bono arbitrator in the New York City Civil Court System 
and serves on the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 
Mediation Panel. He is married to Eta Krasna Levenson. Professionally, 
Eta is assistant director of Yachad/The National Council for the Jewish 
Disabled, but she also serves as vice-president for education of 
Congregation Adas Israel, chair of the Jewish Family Services Advisory 
Council, director of the Hand-In-Hand charitable organization, and as 
trustee of the Federation. Mark and Eta are the proud parents of Eric, 
Hadassa, and Jessica.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me, our colleagues, Mark's family 
and friends, and the congregation of Adas Israel in recognizing Mark S. 
Levenson's outstanding and invaluable service to the community.

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