[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 121 (Friday, August 5, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1504-E1505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                IN REMEMBRANCE OF SALVATORE R. CALANDRA

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 5, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in remembrance of Mr. 
Salvatore R. Calandra, a municipal court judge from Cleveland, Ohio.
  The son of Italian immigrants, Mr. Calandra was born and raised in 
Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Cathedral Lain High School and went 
on to John Carroll University and Cleveland Marshall Law. He served in 
the U.S. Army during World War II.
  IN 1957, Salvatore married Marie Manfredi. During the same year, he 
started his career in public service and was appointed as an assistant 
city law director. He served in this role

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under three mayors and became a legal adviser to council, a role in 
which he served for 10 years. He then became the law department's chief 
counsel and was appointed to be a judge in 1972.
  Mr. Calandra was elected as a municipal court judge in 1973 and was 
re-elected three consecutive times until his retirement in 1997. He was 
proactive on the bench and made many contributions, such as 
streamlining the jury system so jurors did not wait as long for trials 
to start. Additionally, he began a work service program for the 
impoverished.
  In addition to his public service career, Mr. Salvatore was an active 
member of the Cleveland community. In addition to washing dishes at 
spaghetti dinners and the annual Labor Day festival at St. Rocco's 
parish, his family helped to build the Italian Catholic Church on 
Fulton Road. He was also president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society 
of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland; head of the Justinian Forum, 
lawyers of Italian heritage; and was inducted into the Ohio Italian-
American Hall of Fame.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honoring Mr. Salvatore 
R. Calandra, a man whose ceaseless dedication and service to the 
Cleveland community will be sorely missed.

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