[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 19, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            COMMENDING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF FERNANDO ZAZUETA

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                         HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 19, 2002

  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, we rise to recognize the remarkable 
achievements of Fernando Zazueta, the Founding Chairman of the Mexican 
Heritage Corporation of San Jose. Mr. Zazueta is a leader in the 
community and has been an invaluable friend to us both.
  Fernado Zazueta was born in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico and was raised 
as a migrant farm worker in California. He attended sixteen separate 
schools before graduating from San Jose High School in 1957, and then 
from San Jose State University in 1962. During law school, Mr. Zazueta 
was president of the Ralph Bunche Society of International Law and 
treasurer of the Law Students Association. As a result of his 
involvement in the student Court Interpreter Program, Mr. Zazueta 
published a Law Review article entitled ``Attorney's Guide to the Use 
of Court Interpreters with an English and Spanish Glossary of Criminal 
Law Terms'' and served as a special consultant to Arthur Young and 
Company in the development and presentation of a statewide study. 
Fernando Zazueta was a key contributor to a published report for the 
California Judicial Council regarding an assessment of the language 
needs of the California population as they related to the California 
justice system.
  Fernando Zazueta has been an active member of local, county, state 
and national bar associations and served as both treasurer and 
president of La Raza National Lawyers' Association of California. Mr. 
Zazueta served on the State Bar Commission on Judicial Nominees 
Evaluation for two terms, during which the commission evaluated 
hundreds of nominees for gubernatorial appointment.
  As chairman of the 1979 Community Advisory Council of San Jose 
Unified School District, Fernando Zazueta examined proposals to 
alleviate the ethnic and racial isolation of students. Additionally, he 
has held numerous directorships for nonprofit organizations such as the 
International Hospitality Center in San Francisco, the San Jose Museum 
of Art, and the San Jose Convention and Visitor's Bureau. He served on 
the Board of the San Jose Unified Educational Foundation, which raises 
over $100,000 for school sports through its annual Celebrity Waiters 
Luncheon.
  Fernando Zazueta has been the founder and Board Chairman of the 
Mexican Heritage Corporation sine 1988, and headed an effort by the 
corporation to complete the Mexican Heritage Plaza, a $34 million 
cultural center in East San Jose. Mr. Zazueta has also been 
instrumental in establishing an annual civic recognition of the 
founding of the Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe as the first civil 
settlement in California.
  Fernando Zazueta's other civic and volunteer contributions are too 
numerous for us to list here. He has been an integral part of our 
community for as long as we can remember, for which we are truly 
grateful. As a friend and as a neighbor, his dedication and enthusiasm 
is treasured.




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