[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 102 (Friday, July 11, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1455]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TRIBUTE TO ISADORE A. SHRAGER, ESQ., B.S., LL.B

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                            HON. KEVIN BRADY

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 10, 2003

  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a great American and 
a better friend, Isadore Shrager. ``Izz'' Shrager is a legend in my 
home town of Philadelphia.
  He has been an important contributor to our city and our nation. He 
serves or has served on many important organizations, including the 
Democratic County Executive Committee of Philadelphia; Fairmount Park 
Commission; Pennsylvania Transportation Commission; the Board of 
Directors of City Trusts; the Board of Wills Eye Hospital; the Board of 
Community College of Philadelphia; the Board of Temple University; and 
the Board of Governors of Temple Hospital. Isadore is Past President 
and Honorary President of Akiba Hebrew Academy; Life Member of Board of 
Trustees of Har Zion Temple; a member of the National Lawyers' 
Committee for Endowment and Bequests of the Weizmann Institute of 
Science in Israel; member, Zionist Organization of America; and 
Director and Solicitor of the Amelia S. Buten Research Fund.
  A long time attorney, Mr. Shrager's practice involves a broad range 
of matters, including business administration, zoning, wills, 
condemnation, legal issues involving City, State and Federal agencies, 
and those pertaining to education at the secondary, college and 
graduate school levels. Isadore is Solicitor to the Register of Wills 
of Philadelphia and is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and 
Philadelphia Bar Associations, and serves on many of their committees. 
He has served as a member and delegate to the Judicial Conference of 
the Third Circuit, and a member of the Democratic State Committee, 
serving as a Delegate to the Democratic National Conventions since 
1946. Among numerous awards and honors he has received are: the B.L. 
Jacobs Adult Award, Cyrus Adler Community Service Award, State of 
Israel Tribute, Democratic Tribute Award, Lifetime Honorary Trustee of 
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, and the Temple Diamond 
Award. He also sponsors the Isadore A. Shrager Scholarship of the 
Temple University School of Law.
  Mr. Speaker, Isadore Shrager is my friend of many years. It is 
fitting that my colleagues join me in honoring him today.

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