[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 86 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1259-E1260]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     A TRIBUTE TO RONALD L. WILSON

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 25, 1998

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to your 
attention today the fine work and outstanding public service of Mr. 
Ronald L. Wilson, the recipient of the 1998 Citizen of the Year Award 
by the California Inland Empire Council of Boy Scouts of America. Ron 
will be recognized at a dinner in his honor on Saturday, July 11 in 
Victorville, California.
  Ron Wilson was born on October 12, 1953 in Hyden, Kentucky. In 1958, 
however, Ron and his family moved to Arizona where he

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graduated from Cortez High School and Grand Canyon University. It was 
in Arizona that he first discovered his love for banking.
  In 1989, Ron was appointed Executive Vice President/Chief 
Administrative Officer of Desert Community Bank and President/Chief 
Executive Officer in 1990. Ronald is very dedicated to the banking 
business and as acting CEO, he has achieved unprecedented success for 
Desert Community Bank. In addition, Ron has also received a number of 
awards which he has shared with the Bank and its employees.
  These extraordinary entrepreneurial skills, however, are not all Ron 
has given to the community. At present, Ron serves on the Board for 
Victorville Rotary, St. Mary Foundation, Partnership in Academic 
Excellence Foundation/Academy of Academic Excellence, United Way, Apple 
Valley Care Center, Victor Valley Union High School District and San 
Bernardino County Fair Board. Ronald also writes a weekly newspaper 
column for the Daily Press and hosts a weekly television interview 
shown on Channel 64 and two cable stations. Clearly, Ronald L. Wilson's 
service is a model of outstanding citizenship.
  Mr. Speaker, it is people like Ron that make our community a better 
place to live. I ask that you join me, our colleagues, and the 
California Inland Empire Council of Boy Scouts of America in 
recognizing Ron Wilson as 1998 Citizen of the Year.

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