[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 30 (Monday, February 27, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     A TRIBUTE TO ATTORNEY ED HALES

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 27, 2012

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute and to honor 
Attorney Ed Hales. A native of Kiskimere, Pennsylvania, Attorney Hales 
has a long history of mediation and arbitration between unions and 
other labor groups and their employers. He has also contributed greatly 
to the administration of higher education and been active in many civic 
responsibility groups.
  It all started when Mr. Hales was a high-schooler at Vandergrift High 
School, in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania where he was a three letter sports 
player in football, basketball and baseball for the Vandergrift 
Lancers. Educationally speaking, it took one of his teachers, Mr. 
Bernardo to help him realize his talents and potential, thus paving the 
way for Mr. Hales to attend the historically white ``University of 
Nevada'' in Reno on a football scholarship. After the football team was 
deemphasized, he transferred to Baldwin-Wallace College where he 
graduated with a bachelor's degree in Government and History. Once 
seeing what he could accomplish, he went into law school at the 
University of Wisconsin in Madison where he joined the Alpha Phi Alpha 
fraternity while earning his law degree. He went on to become a 
practicing lawyer in Wisconsin and had a long and prodigious career, 
until his retirement in 2000.
  As an attorney, he worked tirelessly to mediate between labor groups 
and their employers. He filled such roles as Permanent Umpire for the 
Ford Motor Co. and United Auto Workers, Panel Member for U.S. Steel 
Corp. and United Steel Workers; Panel Member for U.S. Postal Service 
and National Association of Letter Carriers; and Panel Member for the 
City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Public Employees Union.
  In addition to his work as an arbitrator and mediator, he was 
affiliated with many civic and educational organizations in various 
capacities. Attorney Hales served as the Chairman of the Board of 
Regents at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, the Director of the 
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges in 
Washington, D.C. and the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility 
in Madison, WI as well as with several other esteemed organizations.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize Attorney Ed Hales for his 
lifelong contributions to higher education, civic responsibility, and 
his work to resolve conflict and mediate difficult issues within the 
labor industry.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in paying tribute to 
Attorney Ed Hales.

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