[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 11, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E809]
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WILLIAM T. ROBINSON III HONORED BY THE GREATER CINCINNATI REGION OF THE 
 NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE AT ITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY 
                             AWARDS DINNER

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 11, 2004

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a friend and 
effective community leader, William T. Robinson III, who will be 
honored for his distinguished service to our community by the Greater 
Cincinnati Region of the National Conference for Community and Justice 
(NCCJ) at its 60th Anniversary Awards Dinner on May 27, 2004.
  Bill has been a dedicated community volunteer for more than thirty 
years. He has served NCCJ as Board Member, Treasurer, Co-Chair and is 
currently Board Member Emeritus. He has also taken a leadership role in 
his profession as President of the Kentucky Bar Association; founding 
Chair of the Kentucky IOLTA Fund; President of the Kentucky Bar 
Foundation; and Co-Founder and President of the Salmon P. Chase College 
of Law American Inn of Court.
  At the national level, Bill's service is exceptional. He is currently 
Treasurer-Elect of the American Bar Association (ABA). Previously, Bill 
has been Chair of the ABA's Finance Committee, and a Member of the 
Executive Committee of the Board of Governors. He has also served as 
State Delegate to the ABA Nominating Committee; President of the 
National Caucus of State Bar Associations; Member of the Executive 
Committee of the National Conference of Bar Presidents; and Chairman of 
the ABA's Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services and the 
ABA's Standing Committee on Substance Abuse. He is an invited Fellow of 
the International Society of Barristers; a Fellow of the American 
Academy of Appellate Lawyers; and a Sustaining Member of the American 
Bar Foundation.
  Bill has been critically involved in our region's growth and economic 
development. Currently, he serves as Vice Chair of the Board of 
Directors of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and 
Chair of its Finance Committee. He co-founded the Metropolitan Growth 
Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, and serves as Vice Chair for Economic 
Development for the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, Chair of 
the Partnership for Greater Cincinnati, and a Founding Board Member and 
Secretary/Treasurer of the Tri-County Economic Development Commission.
  Bill's community involvement also includes service as Advisory 
Trustee of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center; and a 
board member of the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts; the Cincinnati 
Symphony Orchestra; the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts; and Mount 
St. Joseph College.
  His previous awards are impressive: the Cincinnati Jewish Committee's 
Judge Learned Hand Human Relations Award; the Greater Cincinnati 
Foundation's Jacob E. Davis Volunteer Leadership Award; the Cincinnati 
Bar Association's Themis Award; and the Governor's Economic Development 
Award for Kentucky.
  Bill is Member-In-Charge of the Greater Cincinnati offices of 
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC. He and his wife, Joan, have two sons 
and one granddaughter.
  All of us in Greater Cincinnati thank Bill for his untiring 
dedication to our area, and congratulate him on receiving this honor 
from an organization where he has played an important leadership role.

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