[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 28, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E668]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING DANIEL HAHN

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                     HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 28, 2007

  Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Madam Speaker, I rise before you today to honor 
Mr. Daniel Hahn, in celebration of his over fifty years of federal 
service.
  Daniel Hahn, a Tool Room Mechanic at the Coast Guard Yard in 
Baltimore, Maryland, often tells people he feels like he's been at the 
Coast Guard Yard his whole life. Except for a few years while he served 
in the United States Marine Corps, he has spent his whole life at the 
Yard. In 1933, Daniel Hahn was born in a brown shingle house just 
outside the Coast Guard Yard's main entrance. His father, Louis, a 30-
year Coast Guard Yard veteran, met his mother Elizabeth through a co-
worker at the shipyard. Five of his uncles in the Hahn family also 
devoted their federal careers to the Coast Guard Yard. When Daniel was 
3 years old, he and his family attended the Yard's Christmas Party, 
held in the on-base movie theater. That memorable afternoon, Daniel won 
a handmade wooden rocking horse--a now cherished possession that he 
keeps to this day. Not only did Daniel enjoy the rocking horse he won 
at the Coast Guard Yard, but his 3 children, 13 grandchildren and 2 
great grandchildren have also enjoyed many hours of play on the Coast 
Guard Yard holiday prize from 1936.
  While attending Glen Burnie High School, Daniel worked the summer of 
1951 at the Coast Guard Yard. He graduated the following year and 
joined the United States Marine Corps. However, within 3 years he 
returned to the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay and after a brief period 
of outside employment, has worked at the Coast Guard Yard ever since.
  Most of Daniel Hahn's federal career at the Curtis Bay shipyard was 
as an electrician in the Electric Shop. Since 1990, he has worked in 
the Yard's Central Tool Room as a Tool Room Mechanic. On April 5, 2007, 
the United States Coast Guard will extend honors to Mr. Hahn in 
recognition of his 50 years of dedicated service. He is 1 of only 4 
current Coast Guard civilian employees who have attained their Golden 
Anniversary with the federal government. Mr. Hahn plans to continue his 
work at the Coast Guard Yard beyond his 50th anniversary. Four months 
after this unique career achievement, Daniel Hahn will celebrate 
another milestone in life. He and his wife, Thelma, will celebrate 
their 52nd wedding anniversary on August 30, 2007.
  Madam Speaker, I ask that you join with me today to honor Mr. Daniel 
Hahn. He is an outstanding and dedicated employee at the Coast Guard's 
Curtis Bay Shipyard. Through his tireless efforts in over 50 years of 
public service, he has shown a unique and committed work ethic that few 
can emulate. He has gone above and beyond the call of duty in his 
devotion to the United States Coast Guard and the United States of 
America.

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