[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 11 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E165]
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                         TRIBUTE TO MARY ZANDER

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 12, 1998

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mary Zander, 
Sterling Heights City Clerk, on the occasion of her retirement from the 
City of Sterling Heights, Michigan.
  Ms. Zander served her City for twenty years as the City Clerk. During 
her two decades of dedicated service, the City of Sterling Heights has 
grown from a population of 61,000 in 1967 to 123,000 in 1997, now the 
sixth largest city in the state. Ms. Zander's leadership was critical 
during this period of both incredible population growth and 
technological advancements which have revolutionized the local clerk's 
office.
  Ms. Zander was the Director for the International Institute of 
Municipal Clerks, a distinguished position that only one other clerk in 
the world has served in for two terms. She also received special 
recognition as ``Clerk of the Year'' from the Michigan Municipal 
League. As President of the Michigan Municipal League's Clerks 
Association, First Vice-President of the Michigan Association of Clerks 
and a lifetime member of the Academy of Advanced Education, Ms. Zander 
was a leader in her field.
  Mr. Speaker, in an era of valuing efficient, customer-oriented 
government, Mary Zander's work for the City of Sterling Heights 
deserves our recognition. I am pleased to join with the residents of 
Sterling Heights, as well as local government officials, in thanking 
Mary Zander, my friend and the friend of so many others, for her years 
of dedicated and personal service and in extending best wishes for a 
healthy and happy retirement.

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