[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 97 (Thursday, July 10, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1392]
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                        TRIBUTE TO MORTI HIRSCH

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 9, 1997

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize Mr. Morti Hirsch, a long-
time resident of Brooklyn, for his outstanding civic contributions. 
Morti is the owner of Active Fire Sprinkler Corp., the largest fire 
sprinkler company in Brooklyn. His company employees several hundred 
Brooklynites.
  A professional engineer, Morti Hirsch is affiliated with the American 
Society of Sanitary Engineers, of which he is a past president. He has 
also been the past president of the New York Fire Sprinklers 
Contractors Association. Active in many professional arenas, Mr. Hirsch 
also founded the Brooklyn Navy Yard for Foreign Business, of which 200 
small- and medium-size companies are members.
  Mr. Hirsch was born in Brownsville, Brooklyn, where he has lived for 
over half of his life. For the past 27 years he has worked at the 
Brooklyn Navy Yard and is the father of three children, Eve, Joseph, 
and Ann. I am pleased to acknowledge the contributions of Mr. Morti 
Hirsch.

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