[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 67 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E938-E939]
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     IN HONOR OF ANTHONY GRAZIOSO'S FOUR DECADES OF PUBLIC SERVICE

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 21, 1998

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
distinguished gentleman, Mr. Anthony Grazioso, who with more than 
twenty-five years of dedicated public service is retiring. He will be 
honored at Don Pepe's Restaurant in Newark, New Jersey on May 21, 1998.
  Mr. Grazioso has served as the Director of Public Affairs for the New 
Jersey Transit Corporation for nearly 16 years, with the Transport of 
New Jersey for 10 years, and as a Community Relations Representative 
for The Port Authority of New York/New Jersey for six years. In 1964 he 
accepted a temporary position as Special Assistant to former 
Congressman Robert A. Roe, then Commissioner of the New Jersey 
Department of Conservation and Economic Development. Mr. Grazioso also 
served as Deputy Director and Public Relations Assistant for the Jersey 
City Department of Public Works.
  Mr. Grazioso graduated from Saint Peter's College in 1956 where he 
majored in Economics and minored in English Journalism. He has pursued 
studies in public relations, communications, urban affairs, community 
relations, public administration, political science, decision making, 
management effectiveness/organization, and finance/budget at the New 
School, New York University, the American Management Association, and 
the Public Relations Society of America.
  Community involvement has been a consistent theme in Mr. Grazioso's 
life. Since 1956, he has been involved in volunteer work serving on the 
boards of civic, community, cultural, and church organizations in 
Hudson County. His accomplishments in the community and at work have 
been praised but he has also made time for his family.
  It is an honor to have such an outstanding and dedicated individual 
in my home state of New Jersey. I am certain my colleagues will

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join me in recognition of this well deserved honor.

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