[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 43 (Wednesday, April 17, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E559-E560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO DONALD O. LARSEN ON HIS INDUCTION INTO THE U.P. LABOR HALL 
                                OF FAME

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                            HON. BART STUPAK

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 17, 2002

  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay special tribute to 
Donald O. Larsen, a resident of Marquette, Michigan, in my 
congressional district, who has spent decades as a bricklayer, a 
teacher, a volunteer, and an active member of the local labor movement.
  Don was born in Delta County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 
1920, and later moved with his family to Marquette, where he graduated 
from high school. After serving three years in the U.S. Army in the 
South Pacific in World War II, Don returned to Marquette and took a job 
as a bricklayer. It was through this employment that he joined 
Bricklayers Local 4.
  Don's expertise in bricklaying extended beyond the actual trade and 
included teaching and sharing his skills. He provided instruction and 
leadership in the local apprentice training program, and he taught 
bricklaying as part of Marquette High School's house-building project 
in its vocational education program. He taught bricklayer union 
apprentices for 10 years, during which time they built basements and 
did concrete work for two Habitat for Humanity homes. Don also served 
as an instructor for the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America U.P.-
wide competition.
  Active in his local, Don served as a union steward for many years and 
as vice president from 1955 to 1970. He also served on the Board of the 
United Building Trades and was the labor representative for several 
years at U.P. builder shows.
  Don is a member of the Messiah Lutheran Church in Marquette and is a 
life member of VFW Post 2439, where he has served as quartermaster. He 
has a life membership in the Ishpeming and Marquette beagle clubs and a 
membership in the U.P. Trappers Association. He also contributed his 
time and effort to rebuilding the Negaunee Pyramid mining monument when 
it was moved several years ago.
  Mr. Speaker, Donald Larsen will be honored on Saturday, April 20, 
with his induction into the U.P. Labor Hall of Fame at a banquet at

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the university. I ask you and my House colleagues to join me in 
recognizing this community servant and spokesman for the working men 
and women of northern Michigan.

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