[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 166 (Friday, December 21, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      LORRAINE AND ELLIOTT PALAIS

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 20, 2012

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, December 28, 2012 will mark 60 years of 
marriage for Lorraine (Lipsky) and Elliott Palais. They met at New York 
University Heights in 1950 and lived in the Bronx after their wedding. 
Elliott served in the United States Army from 1954-1956. Lorraine was 
able to accompany him at his assignments, including Salzburg, Austria, 
and Fort Monmouth, N.J. where she worked in the Adjutant General's 
Office. They moved to Yonkers in November 1961.
  The Palais' are very involved in civic; educational, religious, 
professional, political, veterans and community activities. Both served 
as President of Lincoln Park Taxpayers Association where they are now 
Regents, and as Chairman of the Yonkers Branch of the American Red 
Cross. Lorraine is President of the Yonkers Police Second Precinct 
Community Council, serves as Treasurer of an Oil Cooperative and is on 
the Westchester County Parks, Recreation and Conservation Board.
  Elliott is an administrator at Fordham University where he directs 
the Title VI Programs. He is a former Yonkers City Councilmember and is 
a member of three veterans Posts (two of which he served as Commander) 
and Secretary of the Yonkers Central Committee of Veterans 
Organizations.
  Both were awarded the Americanism Award by the Central Committee of 
Veterans Organizations. They are both members of the Kiwanis Club of 
East Yonkers. Elliott is an Honorary Kentucky Colonel for his service 
as a consultant to Western Kentucky University.
  They have four children, eight grandchildren and five great 
grandchildren. They attribute their marriage longevity to love, 
patience, understanding, caring and adversity in sickness and in 
health.
  I am proud to be able to congratulate them for all of their good 
works for their community and their neighbors. And, like all who 
believe in love, I especially want to congratulate them on the 60th 
anniversary of their marriage. They are a shining example to all of us.

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