[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 26, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1205]
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                       RECOGNIZING JOHN G. TAYLOR

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 26, 2001

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize John G. Taylor 
for being selected as the Person of the Year 2000 for his 
accomplishments in the area of religious journalism. The Muslim Public 
Affairs Council-Fresno will present the award to Taylor on Saturday, 
April 28, 2001 at their annual awards dinner.
  John G. Taylor is a first-generation American. He was born in 
Brooklyn, New York in 1950. He worked as a reporter for a weekly 
newspaper and as a correspondent for the New York Times while he earned 
a degree in journalism at New York University. After college, he worked 
as a desk editor at newspapers in Hartford and New London, Connecticut.
  In 1981, John and his family relocated to Fresno, where he began a 
20-year career working with the community paper, the Fresno Bee. Most 
recently, John's reporting focused on issues of religious significance 
to the Fresno community, including Pope John Paul II's World Youth Day 
gathering in Denver and the ``Stand in the Gap'' million-man Christian 
march in Washington, D.C. He eagerly pursued stories about people and 
matters of faith for the Fresno Bee until January of this year. John 
accepted a position as a senior communications specialist/senior writer 
with Community Medical Centers. John and his wife Judy have six 
children and seven grandchildren.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in praising Mr. Taylor's literary 
contribution to the city of Fresno and in wishing him continued success 
in the future.

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