[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1588]
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                        HONORING RICHARD CORDELL

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 14, 2010

  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, on August 27, 2010 the Rotary Club of 
Flint, Michigan paid tribute to Richard Cordell for 47 years of service 
to the club. He has been a member of the Rotary Club of Flint from 1963 
to 2010.
  Richard Cordell has served the Rotary Club of Flint as its president 
from 1974-1976, club secretary/treasurer from 1980 to 2008, and club 
secretary/treasurer emeritus from 2008 to August, 2010. He was District 
Governor of Rotary International District 6330 from 1984-1985. He 
served as a club ambassador attending numerous Rotary events and 
international conventions.
  In addition to his service to the Rotary Club of Flint, Richard is 
the past-president of the Greater Flint YMCA, a leader of First 
Presbyterian Church of Flint, and as ambassador to Flint's sister city 
Togliatti Russia. A veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, Richard served 
our country during World War II as a Lieutenant Colonel as a B-26 pilot 
flying 62 missions including two on D-Day.
  Richard will turn 93 years old on September 30th and will soon be 
leaving Flint to join his son Richard, daughter-in-law Anita and two 
granddaughters Chelsea and Katie in California.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join me in 
applauding the contributions of Richard Cordell to the Rotary Club of 
Flint, and the greater Flint community. He has spent his life serving 
with enthusiasm, living the Rotary motto of ``Service above Self'' and 
incorporating the principles of the Rotary ``Four-Way Test'' in his 
everyday life. I wish him the best as he enters this next phase of his 
life close to his loving family and cherished by his friends.

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