[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 161 (Thursday, December 15, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2547-E2548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO MR. CHESTER DEVENOW

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 15, 2005

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to pay tribute today to 
Mr. Chester Devenow, an Ohio business and civic leader whose recent 
loss our community has sustained. Regarded as a ``titan of industry,'' 
Chester Devenow always took on broader missions to those beyond his 
board and firm. He located Sheller Globe's headquarters in the heart of 
our community to strengthen it economically, and struck labor 
agreements with its employees that helped build our region's middle 
class. He was highly regarded for his philanthropy and contributions to 
the institutions of our community.
  His business acumen enabled him to create a Fortune 500 company, and 
he was truly a leader in industry. In his later career, his skills were 
often utilized in the mediation of labor-management disputes. Even 
after a well-earned retirement, Chester Devenow's abilities remained 
valuable to area business leaders. His knowledge and institutional 
memory were well-regarded by his peers.
  Upon graduation from high school in Detroit, he studied music at the 
Julliard School. A

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decorated veteran, Chester Devenow received a degree in political 
science from New York University and attended Harvard Law School.
  President Theodore Roosevelt noted ``We demand that big business give 
the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when anyone 
engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself 
be given a square deal.'' Chester Devenow earned this distinction among 
the industry's titans.
  We offer our sympathy to Maudette, loving wife of 27 years; his 
brother Leonard; sons Mark and Jeffrey; daughter Susie; stepchildren 
William and Abigail Schachner; his six grandchildren; and his numerous 
friends. May they find some small peace as Chester Devenow joins his 
daughter Sara and the Creator of us all.

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