[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 144 (Thursday, September 11, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S8370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO STUART POLLAK

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I am pleased and honored to pay 
tribute to Stuart Pollack for his many years of service to the Hebrew 
Free Loan Association based in San Francisco, CA.
  Stuart graduated as valedictorian from Lowell High School in San 
Francisco in 1955. He went on to attend Stanford University for his 
undergraduate degree and graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum 
laude in 1962. In his first year out of law school, Stuart would serve 
as a law clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren and to Justices Stanley 
Reed and Harold Burton. Following his work as a law clerk, Stuart moved 
on to the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division; Special 
Assistant to Assistant Attorney General.
  After finishing his position with the Department of Justice, Stuart 
went into private practice at Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady & Pollak 
where he served as partner for 14 years before becoming a judge on the 
San Francisco Superior Court, a position he held through 2002. 
Continuing with a long list of legal accomplishments, Stuart currently 
serves as an associate justice on the California Court of Appeals, 
Division Three. Even with his demanding schedule as an associate 
justice, Stuart has consistently made time for Hebrew Free Loan 
Association and other organizations in which he has a leadership role: 
Jewish Community Relations Council, the Jewish Community Federation, 
New Israel Fund, America-Israel Friendship League and Congregation 
Sherith Israel.
  I commend the mission of Hebrew Free Loan Association and am thrilled 
by the positive impact it has on the lives of those who receive its 
assistance. Over the last 110 years, Hebrew Free Loan Association has 
provided interest-free loans to people in need; assistance in the form 
of a loan rather than a hand out. Stuart's many years of dedicated 
involvement with Hebrew Free Loan Association, including his 2 years as 
president, has allowed many from the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish 
community to realize their dreams.
  After nearly 30 years of continuing service to Hebrew Free Loan 
Association, I remain in admiration of Stuart's strong sense of civic 
duty. Along with hundreds of his friends and admirers throughout the 
San Francisco Bay area, I wish him many more years of continued 
community involvement and leadership.

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