[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 56 (Thursday, May 7, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN HONOR OF ANTHONY AND ANNE CELEBREZZE ON THEIR SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 7, 1998

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 60th wedding 
anniversary of Anthony and Anne Celebrezze of Cleveland, Ohio. The 
couple was married May 7, 1938.
  Judge Celebrezze's family moved from Anzi, Italy to the United States 
when he was two years old. His political career began when he was 
elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1950. He later became the first 
foreign-born Mayor of Cleveland, and the only Mayor of Cleveland ever 
elected to five consecutive terms. He was the first nonnative to be 
appointed to the Cabinet of the United States, where he served as 
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Presidents Kennedy and 
Johnson. And Judge Celebrezze was the first emigre to be appointed 
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals. In 1973, Judge 
Celebrezze's leadership was recognized when an Act of Congress 
designated the Federal Building in Cleveland, the Anthony J. Celebrezze 
Federal Building.
  Not only is Judge Celebrezze a successful, well-known politician, he 
is a loving husband to Anne Celebrezze. Anne taught in the Cleveland 
Public School System and has been active in countless community 
projects helping children, the elderly, and the arts. She was involved 
in the Cleveland Council and the National Board of the Camp Fire Girls 
for many years. She served on the Board of the Child Guidance Center of 
Cleveland where a work room is named after her for her fundraising 
efforts to expand the program. Anne has also been engaged in the 
Women's City Club of Cleveland for over thirty years. She was appointed 
to the National Committee for Education of the Handicapped by President 
Johnson where she worked to help children with learning disabilities 
qualify for a public school education.
  Together, Anthony and Anne have three children and 10 grandchildren 
to whom they have passed on their values, leadership skills, 
involvement in community service, and love. My fellow colleagues, 
please join me in wishing a happy 60th anniversary to Anthony and Anne 
Celebrezze. May they have many more happy and healthy years together.

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