[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 10, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S3828]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  THE HONORABLE NANCI J. GRANT RECEIVES ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HUMANITIES 
                                 AWARD

 Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, each year, the Attorney Division 
of State of Israel Bonds honors two individuals with the Eleanor 
Roosevelt Humanities Award. Recipients of this award are recognized for 
their contributions to the legal profession as well as their 
outstanding service to humanity in the spirit and ideals of Mrs. 
Roosevelt. I rise today to recognize the Honorable Barry M. Grant and 
the Honorable Nanci J. Grant, who will both receive the Eleanor 
Roosevelt Humanities Award on May 16, 2000, in Southfield, Michigan.
  The Honorable Nanci J. Grant is the Presiding Judge of General 
Jurisdiction for the Oakland County Circuit Court. She was elected to 
this position in November of 1996 and took office on January 1, 1997. 
Judge Grant is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Wayne State 
University Law School. Prior to joining the bench, she was a trial 
attorney with the law firm of Dickinson, Wright, Moon, VanDusen & 
Freeman, and served as a researcher, Friend of the Court intern, 
arbitrator and mediator for the Oakland County Circuit Court.
  Judge Grant is a member of the Executive Committee of the Michigan 
Judges Association, and co-chairs the Rules Committee. By gubernatorial 
appointment, Judge Grant represents all Michigan circuit court judges 
on the State Community Corrections Board. She is an advisory board 
member of the Michigan Judicial Institute, the teaching arm of the 
Michigan Supreme Court. Judge Grant is also a member of the National 
Association of Women Judges, the American Bar Association, the Oakland 
County Bar Association, the Women's Bar Association, American Judges 
Association, and the University of Michigan Alumni Association.
  In addition, Judge Grant has dedicated much of her time to the 
improvement of the Oakland County Community. She is a member of the 
Michigan Cancer Foundation, and has served as a member of Common Ground 
Advisory Board, the Rotary Club of Birmingham, and Bloomfield Youth 
Assistance. She is a board member of the Women's Survival Center, and a 
Director of the Women's Officials Network. She also has served on the 
Partners Executive Committee, and was a member of the Citizens Alliance 
of the Probate Court, where she served as chairperson of the 
Information and Advocacy Committee.
  Judge Grant has often been awarded for her many endeavors, both 
charitable and professional. The monthly magazine, Hour Detroit, named 
her as one of the new leaders in the Detroit metropolitan area. She was 
selected by Crain's Detroit Business magazine as one the ``40 under 
40,'' a select group of forty of Metro Detroit's best and brightest 
residents under the age of forty. In addition, Judge Grant has been 
elected as an ``Outstanding Young Woman of America.''
  Mr. President, I applaud the Honorable Nanci M. Grant on her many 
achievements, both within the realm of the law and outside of that 
realm. I am sure that the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award will hold 
a special place among her many recognitions. On behalf of the entire 
United States Senate, I congratulate Judge Grant on receiving this 
award, and wish her continued success in the future.

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