[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 52 (Thursday, April 15, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E673]
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                     CONGRATULATIONS DIANNE S. NURY

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 15, 1999

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Dianne Nury 
on her election as Chairman of the Wine Institute for the 1998-99 
fiscal year. Dianne is the first woman to become Chairman of the Wine 
Institute.
  Dianne Nury is president of family-owned Vie-Del Company in Fresno. 
Nury heads one of California's largest bulk winery, distillery and 
fruit juice processing operations, contracting with 1,000 growers 
located predominantly in the Central Valley. Nury is a native and 
resident of Fresno, she began her career as area sales manager for 
Seagrams after graduating in 1982 from California State University, 
Fresno with a degree in business. She joined Vie-Del in 1985 as a sales 
representative, she then became vice president of the company in 1988 
until assuming the presidency in 1991 from her father. Dianne Nury is 
immediate past president of the National Juice Products Association and 
is current vice chairman of the Viticulture and Enology Research Center 
at CSU, Fresno.
  As Chairman of the Wine Institute, Nury pledges to continue the focus 
of the Institute's progress for international market development and 
research funding. She will also emphasize the public policy issues that 
the Wine Institute has taken on, such as taxation and free and fair 
trade here and abroad.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Dianne Nury, as Chairman of 
the Wine Institute. Dianne's chairmanship carries on a legacy set by 
her father, Mike Nury. I urge my colleagues to join me in wishing 
Dianne Nury many years of continued success.

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