[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 43 (Wednesday, April 17, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E552]
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                       HONORING MICHAEL P. GALAN

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 17, 2002

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Michael P. Galan 
for receiving the Citizen of the Year Award from the Sanger District 
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Galan has devoted many years to service within 
the community of Sanger.
  Mike Galan graduated from Contra Costa Junior College in 1966 and was 
hired by the University of Wisconsin to work for the National Science 
Foundation in Antarctica. While in Antarctica he explored the Queen 
Maude Land area--which had never been explored. A mountain ridge was 
named ``The Galan Ridge'' for his involvement in the expedition.
  He returned to California, completed a degree at California State 
University, Sacramento, and, after many promotions with Western Kraft 
Paper, moved to Sanger as Plant Manager. He has made a tremendous 
impact on the community through his participation in numerous 
organizations. He has been a member of the Rotary for seven years and 
the Sanger Chamber of Commerce for fifteen years. Mr. Galan is also a 
member of the Sanger Masonic Lodge and serves as a Trustee and on the 
Stewardship Committee for the Sanger Methodist Church. Regardless of 
his enormous community involvement Mike also spends a lot of time with 
his wife of 32 years, Karen, and their two sons, Justin and Raymond.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mike Galan for receiving 
the Citizen of the Year Award from Sanger Chamber of Commerce. I invite 
my colleagues to join me in thanking Mr. Galan for his community 
service and wishing him many more years of continued success.

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