[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 15, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E365]
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                IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF BRAD NORRIS

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 15, 2006

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor and memory of my 
close friend William B. ``Brad'' Norris--beloved husband, father, 
stepfather, grandfather, brother, and close friend to the entire 
community. His passing marks a tragic loss to his friends, family and 
the people that he served in the community.
  From early on, he headed the call to public service. He graduated 
from Culver Academy in Indiana and enlisted in the U.S. Army, He served 
his country with honor and courage, after which he moved to Cleveland, 
where he eventually joined Cleveland law firm Hahn Loeser and Parks.
  Mr. Norris was truly a civil rights activist. He visited President 
John F. Kennedy and also volunteered with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 
By working with the Cleveland Regional Transit Authority during the 
late 1960's he helped organize opposition to a freeway plan that if 
enacted, it would have split eastern Cuyahoga County. He represented 
the city of Cleveland in a lengthy antitrust lawsuit against the 
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, in which CEI attempted to put 
its rival Muny Light Company out of business. This would have made CEI 
Cleveland's only municipal electric system. This was also a topic I 
fought passionately for when I was the mayor of Cleveland. He also 
played an instrumental role in the rebirth of Cleveland's first 
licensed educational, non-commercial public radio station, WCPN FM
  Mr. Speaker and Colleagues, please join me in honor and remembrance 
of Mr. William B. ``Brad'' Norris. We remember him and celebrate the 
life that he led. We have experienced a great loss in the Cleveland 
community, and he will be missed greatly. I extend my deepest 
condolences to his beloved wife, Elizabeth; his sons Jack, Todd, and 
Robert; his daughters, Carolyn, Pamela and Betsie; a brother; six 
grandchildren and his friends and colleagues. The life that he lived, 
and the legacy that he leaves will live on in the hearts of his family 
and all the lives that he touched.

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