[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 42 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S3230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO ADOLPH KOEPPEL

 Mr. D'AMATO. Mr. President, on April 11, 1923, nearly seventy-
five years ago, Adolph Koeppel was born in Brooklyn, New York.
  He attended PS92 and New Utrecht High School. He went on to attend 
Brooklyn College for two years; but his studies were interrupted by the 
advent of World War II.
  Mr. Koeppel served America with great distinction in the Navy from 
1942 to 1945, where the ship on which he served, the USS Barton, came 
under attack at Okinawa and the Philippines.
  Following his wartime military service, Mr. Koeppel attended New York 
University Law School, where he completed his LLB in 1948 and received 
an LLM in 1953. He has achieved great heights in the legal community, 
and to this day remains a true pioneer in the fields of condemnation 
and real estate tax appeals.
  In addition, Mr. Koeppel is known for his achievements as a 
philatelist, having been awarded the Earl of Crawford Medal by the 
Royal Philatelic Society.
  On April 11, he will celebrate his 75th birthday along with his wife 
of 54 years, Rhoda, his daughters Pamela and Leslie, and his 
granddaughters Melissa, Jennifer, and Tara.
  Beyond all of his personal and professional achievements, Adolph 
Koeppel is a great humanitarian and community servant. I am proud to 
call him my friend, mentor, and counselor; and I am pleased to wish him 
a very happy 75th birthday. The people of New York are blessed to have 
him in our community.

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