[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 63 (Friday, May 19, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E782]
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                       SALUTE TO MAXINE ALEXANDER

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                           HON. TONY P. HALL

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 19, 2000

  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, today I salute Maxine I. Alexander who 
will celebrate her 80th birthday on May 24, 2000. Maxine is an 
outstanding example of an individual who successfully balanced career 
and family by working hard, caring for loved ones, and serving others.
  Maxine was born in Aurora, Nebraska, where she put the values of 
caring and serving into action early, becoming a schoolteacher for the 
Aurora public schools at the age of 17. She continued to serve her 
community as clerk of the Draft board during the 50's, before going to 
work for the Bureau of Reclamation with assignments in Kansas, Nebraska 
and Colorado.
  Maxine retired in 1987 after a 50-year career and settled in 
Oakhurst, California where she has spent her retirement traveling and 
spending time with her family that she loves very much. She is the 
Mother of 5 children, Grandmother to 13, and Great grandmother to 18. I 
know that all of her family joins me in congratulating her on her 80th 
birthday and thanking her for her life of service and caring. Happy 
Birthday Maxine.




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