[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 137 (Thursday, September 15, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1644]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      HONORING ALFRED L. PELOQUIN

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 15, 2011

  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a heavy heart and deep 
sympathy to commemorate the life of a tremendous journalist and friend 
Alfred L. Peloquin.
  Mr. Peloquin enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943, where he was a 1st 
lieutenant and later promoted to captain in the U.S. Army Reserve. 
After a stint in Europe during WWII he became a reporter at The Bay 
City Times in 1946. He was later named city editor of The Times in 
1959. In the 1970s he was named metro editor of The Saginaw News until 
1981 when he was named editor of the Flint Journal, a job he held until 
his retirement in 1989.
  During his time in journalism, Alfred Peloquin remained deeply 
involved in each community, serving as chairman of Bay City's Planning 
Commission, Commodore of the Bay City Yacht Club, a member of the Bay 
City Ski Club, Bay City Industrial Development Committee, the Bay City 
Community Concerts Association and Chairman of the United Fund 
Campaign. In Flint, he helped establish the former Alliance for Greater 
Flint and the community-wide World of Difference anti-prejudice 
program. He also created a high school workshop for minority 
journalists.
  Shortly after his retirement, he joined the Flint AARP chapter and 
held a variety of posts with the local and Michigan AARP. Mr. Peloquin 
was active in AARP from April 1990 until December 2005 and his 
positions include Chairman of the AARP Michigan State Legislative 
Committee and member of AARP's Executive Leadership Council. In the 
90s, he was also vice chairman of the Bay City Planning Commission, 
director for Jennison Hardware Co., a member of the Steering Committee 
for the Bay County Civic Arena and a member of the Community Round 
Table on Care for the Patient with Dementia. He sponsored numerous 
seminars and public forums addressing civic responsibility and good 
government and he continued to share his wisdom and knowledge to 
aspiring journalists throughout his retirement.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to offer my deepest sympathies to the 
Peloquin family and my gratitude for having met Alfred. I am a better 
person for knowing him and our community is better because of his 
tireless and dedicated work.

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