[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    IN RECOGNITION OF MARC CATALANO

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                          HON. JACKIE SPEIER-

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 30, 2011

  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Police Commander Marc 
Catalano for 31 years of service to the City of San Bruno.
  He joined the San Bruno Police Department on June 1, 1979 and spent 
his first two years as a community service officer. He served as a 
patrol officer from 1981 to 1984, a detective from 1984 to 1985, a 
field training officer from 1985 to 1997, an acting sergeant from 1990 
to 1991 and again a detective from 1991 to 1994. In 1994 he became 
involved with D.A.R.E., the Drug Abuse Resistance Education, and was 
instrumental in expanding that program from elementary schools to 
middle schools and high schools.
  In 1997 Mr. Catalano was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and four 
years later to the rank of Lieutenant Sergeant. In 2001 he received his 
final promotion to Commander.
  Marc Catalano is a true Bay Area native, born in San Francisco and 
raised in San Bruno and Burlingame. He graduated from Mills High School 
and received an Associate Degree from the College of San Mateo. At 
Notre Dame de Namur University he earned his Baccalaureate Degree in 
Human Services.
  Commander Catalano is anything but complacent; he always thrives to 
learn more and better himself. He attained advanced supervisory and 
management certificates from the State of California, the Commission on 
Peace Officer Standards and Training, and awards from the San Mateo 
County Trial Lawyers Association and from MADD, Mothers Against Drunk 
Driving.
  In addition to a law enforcement career, Marc Catalano is the loving 
husband to his wife Laurie, his wife of 26 years. The couple has two 
daughters Danielle and Lindsay.
  Mr. Speaker, it is right to honor Commander Catalano for his 31 years 
of service to the San Bruno Police Department on December 27, 2010, the 
day of his retirement.

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