[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 112 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1587]
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                      TRIBUTE TO SALVATORE MILONE

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                           HON. PETER T. KING

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 31, 1997

  Mr. KING. Mr. Speaker, Long Island lost one of its most distinguished 
citizens recently with the passing of Salvatore Milone. Mr. Milone, who 
I knew personally and with whom I had the privilege of working, was a 
leading contractor in the Islandwide community. His company, which his 
father, an Italian immigrant, founded in 1899, was responsible for the 
construction of the St. Agnes Cathedral, the seat of Catholicism on 
Long Island. In addition, Dominick Milone Inc. built many of his 
buildings at Mercy Hospital and at Molloy College, both located in Sal 
Milone's native Rockville Centre.
  As the head of the family business, Salvatore Milone was a pioneering 
figure but to the community at large he was much more. Mr. Milone was a 
long time member of the fire department and the Knights of Columbus. 
Until recently he was a prominent figure in Republican politics, 
serving as his village's Republican leader as well as vice chairman and 
treasurer of the Nassau County Republican Committee.
  As a leading Long Island businessman, Mr. Milone was asked to serve 
as a board member of the Chemical Bank and the Nassau Savings and Loan 
Association. In addition he was a former chairman of the board of 
Molloy College.
  Because of his service to his church, Salvatore Milone was installed 
as a member of the Knights of the Equestrian Order of the Holy 
Sepluchre of Jerusalem, one of the highest honors accorded a Catholic 
layman. Bishop John McGann, spiritual leader of the Rockville Centre 
Catholic Diocese, said the Mass of Christian burial for Mr. Milone and 
John Cardinal O'Connor participated in the service as well. Fittingly, 
the Mass took place in St. Agnes Cathedral for it was in this beautiful 
edifice that Mr. Milone married his first wife in the first marriage 
ceremony upon completion of the cathedral. Margaret Milone died in 1966 
and Mr. Milone remarried 3 years later.
  Sal Milone, who was just days shy of his 90th birthday, leaves his 
wife, Maria; a son, Dr. Richard Milone; a daughter, Elissa Metz; three 
sisters, Caroline, Vera, and Grace; two brothers, Louis and John, and 
five grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, nothing is more impressive than a life well lived and 
Sal Milone's certainly meets that test. His charitable impulses, his 
civic leadership, his business acumen and--most important of all--his 
dedication to family make him one of the most noteworthy citizens of 
our Long Island. It is fitting that the rest of America know him as 
well.

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