[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 44 (Thursday, March 29, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E486-E487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 A TRIBUTE TO MR. DOUGLAS X. ALEXANDER

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 29, 2001

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Douglas X. Alexander 
for his many contributions to his East New York community.
  Douglas was born and raised in Brooklyn. He attended New York City 
Community College and received a degree in marketing from Baruch 
College. He has been a business leader for many years, recently 
completing a successful career as a Vice President at Chase Manhattan 
Bank. Douglas's professional career, while challenging, did not fulfill 
his need to serve his community. As a result, he continues to be a 
dedicated community leader, serving as chairman of the Brooklyn 
Advisory Board of the New York Urban League, a board member of the 
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Revolving Loan Fund, on the board of the 
St. Francis De Sales School for the Deaf and the New York Chapter of 
Habitat for Humanity. Douglas has also served as a Zone Chairman, a 
Region Chairman, Cabinet Secretary Treasurer, a Vice District Governor 
and a District Governor of the Lions Club. There is no doubt that while 
Douglas will be retired

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from his professional job, he will continue to work very hard on behalf 
of his community.
  His work has not gone without recognition. He has received the Black 
Achievers in Industry Award for the Harlem YMCA, the Man of the Year 
Award from the Brooklyn Branch of the NAACP, and a Melvin Jones 
Fellowship from the Lions Club.
  Mr. Speaker, Douglas X. Alexander has been a role model for youth, a 
community leader and a business leader who firmly believes that if he 
can help someone along life's way then his living shall not be in vain. 
As such, he is more than worthy of receiving our recognition today, and 
I hope that all of my colleagues will join me in honoring this truly 
outstanding man.

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