[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 135 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1863]
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                      IN HONOR OF PETER P. DiLEONE

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 1, 1998

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Peter P. 
Di Leone of Shaker Heights, Ohio. Mr. Di Leone was an accomplished man, 
serving his community as a lawyer, a labor expert, and an advocate of 
free speech.
  Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he was raised by a socialist father 
who loved to have energetic discussions at the dinner table. He 
attended Adelbert College, where he played half back on the football 
team, and then went on to law school at Western Reserve University.
  As a lawyer, Mr. Di Leone specialized in labor arbitration through 
the National Labor Relations Board. He was among a small number of 
experts who were chosen as permanent arbitrators for rubber companies 
and the rubber workers union. His accomplishments were awarded when he 
was elected to the board of governors of the National Academy of 
Arbitrators.
  Along with that honor, he was known as the ``Pillar of the Cleveland 
City Club,'' where he served as president. The City Club was 
established to encourage new ideas and a free exchange of thought 
through the renowned tradition of debate and discussion, pastimes that 
were embedded deep into his frame of mind. In 1987, he became the first 
person to be inducted into the City Club Hall of Fame while still 
living.
  Mr. Peter P. Di Leone was a great man who led a successful and 
accomplished life. I would like to express my deepest condolences to 
his daughters, Linda Klein and Paulette Novak, and the rest of his 
surviving family. He will truly be missed by all who knew him.

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