[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 83 (Friday, May 28, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E982-E983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO GILL GALLO, DIRECTOR OF THE RIVERSIDE NATIONAL CEMETERY

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                            HON. KEN CALVERT

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 27, 2010

  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to 
an individual from my Congressional District for his years of service 
to Riverside, California. Gill Gallo has served as director of the 
Riverside National Cemetery since May 14, 2006. And after four years, 
Gill Gallo is leaving this appointment to serve as the Director of the 
National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
  In his position as director, Gill was responsible for all burial, 
maintenance and administrative operations at the cemetery. He also 
trained under Steve Jorgensen, the longtime director at Riverside who 
helped bring hundreds of volunteers into the cemetery's community 
support network. Gill often speaks of the historical significance of 
his work, and has remarked that there is no better place to pay tribute 
and learn about our veterans than by visiting the headstones and 
commemorating the fallen in our national cemeteries.
  Prior to coming to Riverside National Cemetery, Gill served as 
director at the Willamette National Cemetery in Oregon. He also served

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as director of the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Illinois, 
assistant director of the Willamette National Cemetery, director at the 
Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas, director at Eagle Point 
National Cemetery in Oregon and director at the Santa Fe National 
Cemetery in New Mexico. Additionally, Gill served more than 20 years in 
the U.S. Air Force before retiring in 1986. He received an associate's 
degree from the University of Maryland, European Division in 1984.
  Gill and his wife, Amparo, have three children: a son in the U.S. Air 
Force Reserve; a daughter in San Antonio, Texas; and a son in Colorado 
Springs, Colorado.
  Gill Gallo's tireless passion for community and public service has 
contributed immensely to the betterment of the community of Riverside, 
California. I am proud to call Gill a fellow community member, American 
and friend. I know that many people are grateful for his service, and 
wish him the very best in San Antonio.

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