[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 164 (Friday, November 30, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2187]
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                     IN HONOR OF MICHAEL J. DOOLEY

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                         HON. ROBERT A. BORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 30, 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 after 22 years as Business Manager of the 
Local 454 Piledrivers Union. He served on the Metropolitan Regional 
Council of Carpenters in Philadelphia. Mike 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.
  During these past 22 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.
  Mike sculpted his fellow union members into a focused, united, and 
vigorous body. This man negotiated the first ever Seven-Year Agreement 
for a Building Trades contract in the industry. Mike would be most 
proud of creating the Scholarship Program awarding $335,400 to union 
members' sons and daughters.
  With all of his accomplishments, Mike still maintains the greatest 
modesty. With his natural ability and education, obviously Mike could 
have gathered a sizeable purse over the years in a different career, 
but he chose to improve the lives of union members. 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. He has only taken 4 weeks vacation in his 22 years of 
service.
  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 28 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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