[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 60 (Wednesday, May 13, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E843]
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              HONORING E. DUANE THOMPSON ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                         HON. J. DENNIS HASTERT

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 13, 1998

  Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a man whose years of 
service to the citizens of my District cannot be overstated.
  Dewey Thompson, for the past thirty-two years, has led the 
Association for Individual Development with both excellence and 
compassion. The Association serves individuals of all ages who are 
developmentally and/or physically disabled or mentally ill, and Dewey 
Thompson has played a critical role in meeting the needs of these 
individuals and their families. A former teacher and counselor, Dewey 
joined AID in 1966 as its President, and since then the Association has 
grown to include more than thirty programs and serves more than 1,400 
clients annually.
  I do not have the time to read off a list of Dewey Thompson's 
accomplishments and the awards he has received, but it is symbolic of 
his esteem within the community that AID's Rehabilitation Center was 
renamed in his honor in 1991.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge you and my colleagues to join me in honoring 
Dewey Thompson for his years of service to the people of Illinois and 
my District, and wish him the best on his retirement.

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