[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 7 (Thursday, January 21, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO RAYMAN DODSON

 Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I speak today in tribute to one of 
the citizens of my own hometown of Detroit, one of the thousands of 
decent, hard-working, community-minded Detroiters who make me so proud 
to call the city my home.
  You will not find Rayman Dodson in the history books or the 
newspapers. But for the last 80 years, since he graduated from 
Northwestern High School, you would have found him doing what so many 
other Detroiters have done: working hard, and doing his part, building 
the lives that make up our city.
  As an employee of Ford, Chrysler, the city's street railway, and in 
the homes of several of Detroit's most prominent citizens, Rayman 
earned a living sufficient for him and his beloved wife Margaret to buy 
a home on the city's east--side a place for Margaret to display her 
crystal collection. For decades, he has contributed to Mayflower 
Congregational Church of Christ.
  Several years ago, Rayman lost his sight but not his interest in the 
world around him or his ability to delight his friends. Many of those 
friends are preparing to help him celebrate his 100th birthday. I wish 
him well on that day, and congratulate him on a century well 
lived.

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