[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 159 (Friday, November 16, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2124]
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                      TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL J. DOOLEY

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                         HON. ROBERT A. BORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 16, 2001

  Mr. BORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Michael J. Dooley, 
a life-long friend to myself and Philadelphia, upon his retirement.
  Mr. Dooley will retire as a Carpenters Union Official where he served 
his Local 454 Piledrivers Union and Metropolitan Regional Council of 
Carpenters in Philadelphia for thirty-three years. This man, born and 
raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received his schooling from 
distinguished Philadelphia establishments and used his education and 
experience to accomplish remarkable feats for fellow union workers.
  Mike attended Saint Joseph's Preparatory School and graduated from 
Drexel University with a degree in Construction Management. He 
continued his education receiving a Master's Degree from Temple 
University in Vocational Education. Immediately after his studies, he 
began work in his Local Union as an Apprentice, climbing to Journeyman 
status, then Apprentice Teacher, then finally elected Business Manager 
of the Piledrivers Union in 1979. He served in this esteemed position 
for twenty-two years.
  During these past twenty-two years, Mike has been the Delegate 
representing his Union in Building Trade Councils. He has also been a 
Labor Trustee for the Carpenters Health and Welfare Fund and the 
Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Committee.
  This man, more importantly, negotiated the first ever Seven-Year 
Agreement for a Building Trades contract in the nation. Mr. Dooley 
sculpted his fellow union members into a focused, united, and vigorous 
body.
  With all of his accomplishments, Mike still maintains the greatest 
modesty. There are show horses and work horses, and Mike has been the 
man to always pull more than his weight in work and accomplishes his 
tasks without asking for a thank you. The number of people he has 
assisted--myself included--quietly throughout the years may never be 
known, but is surely massive in number. Mike will head into retirement 
in the next month, accompanied by Lynn his wife of twenty-eight years.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to mention that Mike Dooley served his 
community and neighbors honestly and fully throughout his life. I 
salute him and thank him for his friendship.

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