[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 74 (Thursday, May 20, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1039]
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HONORING DANIEL J. BADER, RECIPIENT OF THE 1999 COMMUNITY SERVICE HUMAN 
                            RELATIONS AWARD

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                         HON. GERALD D. KLECZKA

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 20, 1999

  Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Daniel J. Bader, 
recipient of the 1999 Community Service Human Relations Award from the 
Milwaukee Chapter of the American Jewish Committee.
  Mr. Bader is president of the Helen Bader Foundation, which has 
awarded more than $50 million in grants since 1992 with the express aim 
of advancing the well-being of people and promoting successful 
relationships with their families and communities. As president, Mr. 
Bader leads the foundation's day-to-day interaction with projects and 
programs in the United States, mainly in Wisconsin, and also Israel.
  He is a member of the foundation's seven-member board of directors, 
which evaluates grant proposals and provides strategic oversight of the 
foundation's grants programs, mainly in the areas of Alzheimer's 
disease and dementia, early childhood development in Israel, economic 
development, education, Jewish life, and learning and supporting 
programs for central city children and youth.
  It is noteworthy to recognize the leadership of Mr. Bader and the 
foundation in the establishment of the American Jewish Committee's 
Hands Across the Campus program, which was given its ``jump-start'' in 
Milwaukee. The program's innovative curriculum and leadership 
development program now operates in five school districts in 
southeastern Wisconsin. Each year hundreds of high school students are 
given hands-on experience in bridge building, conflict resolution, 
anti-bias activities and the deconstruction of prejudice. The Bader 
Foundation enabled the Milwaukee Chapter of the American Jewish 
Committee to provide teacher training for practitioners of the Hands 
program.
  Mr. Bader is partner in Granite Microsystems, Inc., a Mequon-based 
computer hardware firm. He holds a bachelor's degree in business 
administration from the Rochester Institute of Technology. A Milwaukee 
native, he and his wife, Linda, reside with their son on Milwaukee's 
east side.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride and pleasure that I commend 
Daniel J. Bader for his outstanding and innovative contributions to the 
community, and congratulate him as a most deserving recipient of the 
1999 Community Service Human Relations Award from the Milwaukee Chapter 
of the American Jewish Committee.

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