[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 163 (Thursday, November 29, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2171-E2172]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            JOHN P. PERDUYN

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                            HON. TOM SAWYER

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 29, 2001

  Mr. SAWYER. Mr. Speaker, John P. Perduyn has served the Goodyear Tire 
& Rubber Company for 36 years, and the Akron community nearly as long. 
He began his career in 1965 as associate editor of ``Go'' and 
``Triangle,'' internal publications serving the company's marketing 
efforts.
  Since then, John Perduyn has served the Research and Development, 
Shoe Products, and the Chemical Division of Goodyear. For a time, he 
worked in Goodyear's Midwest Region office in Chicago. Fortunately for 
us in Akron, he returned as director of public information.
  Years of dedication and commitment to the principles of sound 
business and honest communication with employees and consumers won him 
the position of Senior Vice President of Global Communications in 1999.

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  John Perduyn's career with Goodyear has coincided with an era of 
unprecedented change, reorganization, and acquisitions in the tire and 
rubber industry--not just in the United States, but around the world. 
The globalization of markets in transnational industries has tested 
many companies--but none more than those in the worldwide tire 
industry. Few companies or executives in any field have met those 
challenges, in all their various forms, as well as Goodyear and John 
Perduyn.
  Throughout his career, John Perduyn has served as a mentor for many 
associates within Goodyear and beyond. He is a member of the National 
Association of Manufacturers' Communication Council, the Public 
Relations Society of America, the Vice Presidents Forum, and the Arthur 
W. Page Society. John embodies the Page Society's credo to tell the 
truth and prove it with action.
  Beyond the corporate world, John Perduyn has continued contributing 
his time and talents to our community. He is on the board of trustees 
of the Akron Roundtable and Ohio Ballet, offering sound communications 
advice and policy counsel to those non-profit organizations for many 
years.
  John Perduyn's wise guidance and strong leadership will be missed at 
Goodyear. We in Akron can only hope that he will find even more time to 
devote his energies to the community he has served so long and so well.

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