[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 17, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E393]
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       HONORING THE DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF NISSAN'S EMIL HASSAN

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                            HON. BART GORDON

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 17, 2004

  Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the outstanding 
automotive career of Emil Hassan, the senior vice president of North 
American manufacturing, purchasing, quality and logistics at Nissan 
North America, Inc. Emil is retiring from Nissan on April 1 after 35 
years in the automotive industry.
  Emil has been credited with much of the automaker's success and 
profitability. He began his career with Nissan when the company built 
its auto manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tennessee, in 1981. The 
Smyrna plant, which is located in my home county, is the largest U.S. 
automotive production plant under one roof and has produced more than 5 
million automobiles to date. It has ranked for 9 consecutive years as 
the most efficient auto assembly plant in North America, according to 
the highly regarded annual Harbour Report.
  And Emil has been an active civic leader in the hometown, as well. He 
is chairman of the Business/Education Partnership of Murfreesboro and 
rutherford County and is a member of the Nashville Area Chamber of 
commerce and the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce. In fact, he 
received the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce Chairman's Award in 
1996 for outstanding volunteer work in his home county. He has also 
been a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  I congratulate Emil for his remarkable career in the automotive 
industry and for all he has done to help enhance the quality of life in 
Rutherford County and Middle Tennessee. And I wish him the very best in 
his future endeavors.

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