[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 3, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             PAYING TRIBUTE TO LEN CANE UPON HIS RETIREMENT

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                           MAURICE D.HINCHEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 3, 2003

  Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to congratulate my constituent 
and dear friend, Len Cane, on the occasion of his retirement as 
president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Ulster County, New 
York. Having served in that capacity for 34 years, Len has earned the 
respect and affection of the business and education communities in my 
home county and throughout New York State.
  An ardent advocate of public education, Len has served as president 
of the Ulster County Board of Cooperative Educational Services as well 
as the Kingston City Schools' Board of Education. In October 2002, the 
7,500-member New York State School Boards Association honored him with 
the Distinguished Service Award as the organization's outstanding 
member.
  Len is a graduate of the Institutes for Organization Management, a 
continuing education program for organization managers from across the 
country. He was a member of the program's Board of Regents for six 
years and of its executive faculty for 11 years, instructing at the 
University of Delaware and at Notre Dame.
  At the helm of Ulster's Chamber of Commerce, Len has been a wonderful 
ambassador for the county. He is a past president of the Chamber 
Alliance of New York State and the Mid-Atlantic Chamber of Commerce 
Executives. He also served for seven years as Chairman of the Mid-
Hudson Valley Chamber of Commerce Executives and was a two-term 
president of the Ulster County Development Corporation. In 1996 Len's 
New York state colleagues named him the Outstanding Professional 
Chamber of Commerce Executive.
  Notwithstanding his outstanding accomplishments, Len is best known 
for his lightning-quick wit and self-effacing humor. I am sure Len's 
successors will perform commendably as chamber presidents, but none 
will make us laugh as Len has for more than three decades.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to join Len Cane's colleagues, friends 
and family in extending my best wishes to him and his wife Lee for a 
long and happy retirement. His wonderful personality and unsurpassed 
professionalism have made Len a tremendous asset to the Hudson Valley 
and Catskill regions. We will miss him dearly.