[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 15, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S9419]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Fitzgerald):

  S. 1405. A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 514 17th Street Moines, Illinois, as the ``David 

Bybee Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today I am pleased to introduce 

legislation to name the U.S. Post Office at 514 17th Street in Moline, 

IL after my friend, David Bybee, who suffered a fatal heart attack last 

year.

  Dave was a hard working and dedicated public servant who served as a 

National Business Agent for the Chicago Region of the National 

Association of Letter Carriers for twenty-five years. In 1967, Mr. 

Bybee became a letter carrier for the Postal Service and after just two 

years was elected President of Letter Carriers Local 318. Bybee then 

became the Regional Administrative Assistant for three years and also 

worked as Secretary to the Illinois State Association of Letter 

Carriers from 1971 to 1977. Three years later, Bybee was elected the 

National Business Agent to the National Association of Letter Carriers 

for the 17,000 members of the Chicago Region. Mr. Bybee held that 

position and also served as Vice President of the Illinois AFL-CIO 

until his death on May 31, 2002.

  In recognition of his lifetime work on behalf of the letter carriers 

of Illinois, the local union he first served as President was named the 

David M. Bybee Branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers in 

1992.

  Mr. Bybee did not let his busy work schedule interfere with his 

family life. He was devoted to his wife, Judy, and their two sons, John 

and Michael. Dave Bybee also found time to serve his community as fire 

chief of Carbon Cliff, a school board member, and kept active in the 

Moline Elks Club.

  Post offices are often designated in honor of individuals who have 

made valuable contributions to their community, State, and country. I 

can think of no more fitting way to permanently and publicly recognize 

David Bybee's dedication than to name the Moline, IL post office in his 

honor. It would be a most appropriate way to commemorate his exemplary 

service to the Moline community and to postal workers across Illinois 

and the Nation.

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