[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 130 (Tuesday, October 2, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10056-S10057]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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        HONORING DEAN DORT, CHARLES ORLEBEKE, AND DAVID WILLIAMS

 Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I want to commend the services of 
three midwesterners who are ending their terms on the Northeast-Midwest 
Institute's Board of Directors.
  Dean Dort, Charles Orlebeke, and David Williams have provided stable 
leadership, offered a wealth of ideas, and advanced the Institute's 
credibility. Dean Dort is vice president of international affairs for 
Deere & Company, which is headquartered in Moline, IL. He has been a 
criminal trial lawyer, a Federal Criminal Court Judge, the 
representative of the Secretary of the Army to the United States 
Congress, and Washington counsel for Deere & Company.
  Charles Orlebeke is a professor of urban planning and public affairs 
at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He previously served as 
executive assistant to Michigan Governor George Romney, founding dean 
of the urban planning and policy program at the University of Illinois 
at Chicago, and assistant under secretary and assistant secretary for 
policy development at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development.
  David Williams is vice president of Earth Tech, an engineering firm 
based in Chicago. He has served as commissioner of public works for the 
City of Chicago; a member of the Illinois Public Utilities Commission; 
and city manager of Inkster, Michigan. The Northeast-Midwest Institute 
provides policy

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research for the bipartisan Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition and its 
Great Lakes Task Force, which I co-chair with Senator Mike DeWine of 
Ohio. I again want to commend Dean Dort, Charles Orlebeke, and David 
Williams for their service on the board of the Northeast-Midwest 
Institute. They have provided valued counsel and helped increase that 
organization's reputation and effectiveness.

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