[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 20 (Thursday, February 4, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E139]
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          TRIBUTE TO EDWIN J. TANGNEY, JR. UPON HIS RETIREMENT

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                          HON. DAVID D. PHELPS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 4, 1999

  Mr. PHELPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my deep thanks and 
appreciation for the service of my constituent, Edwin J. Tangney, Jr., 
on the occasion of his retirement. For 37 years, Mr. Tangney served the 
people of Macon County, Illinois, with diligence and professionalism, 
beginning with eight years as Harristown Township Auditor and four 
years as Macon County's first Code Enforcement Officer. In 1976, Edwin 
began serving as Macon County Recorder of Deeds, and was re-elected as 
Recorder of Deeds, and then as County Recorder, on five subsequent 
occasions. Under his leadership, the Macon County Recorder's Office has 
become one of the most efficient, accessible and accurate official 
records offices in the entire state of Illinois. Edwin has consistently 
ensured that his Office was both technologically up to date and, even 
more importantly, friendly and courteous to the public it serves.
  Edwin Tangney retires leaving the Office of the Macon County Recorder 
well positioned to enter the new millennium, and I know the citizens of 
Macon County share my profound appreciation for his many years of 
dedication and leadership. Mr. Speaker, I hope you will join me in 
wishing Edwin the very best as he enters his well-deserved retirement 
from public service. He will indeed be missed, and his accomplishments 
will be remembered far into the future.

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