[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 30, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1281]
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    HONORING THE DEDICATED SERVICE OF FRANK ALSCHULER TO THE UPTOWN 
                               COMMUNITY

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                       HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 30, 2014

  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Frank 
Alschuler on his 90th birthday, September 10, 2014.
  Frank is a lifelong Chicagoan and Cubs fan. He graduated from George 
B. Swift Elementary School, the University of Chicago Lab School, 
Dartmouth College and Yale University School of Architecture and he 
served in the United States Navy.
  He and his late wife, Marjorie Traxler, married on July 24, 1960. In 
1965, they moved to Junior Terrace in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood 
where they raised their two children, Matthew and Mimi.
  Frank was a founding board member of C4 (Community) Counseling 
Centers of Chicago, formerly known as EUCMHC, Edgewater Uptown 
Community Mental Health Center). Recognizing the need to serve the many 
low-income residents living with mental health concerns in the Uptown 
and Edgewater neighborhoods, the mental health center was opened in 
1972. As a licensed architect, Frank volunteered his services to help 
the organization every step of the way. Now with five locations and an 
additional one under construction, C4 currently provides mental health 
services, crisis intervention, and substance use treatment to more than 
10,000 at-risk children, adults and families annually. Now, 42 years 
later, Frank is still on the board and still helping with space 
planning.
  In addition to C4, Frank also served on the board of Voice of the 
People in Uptown for over 40 years. Voice of the People has worked for 
and with low-income individuals and families in Uptown to create 
quality affordable housing. Working with early directors Irene 
Hutchinson and Anne Dee Harper, Frank helped build a tenant organizing 
group into a full-fledged neighborhood housing development 
organization. With Frank's expertise on the Board, the Voice went from 
managing one 6-flat to developing and managing hundreds of units of 
family housing in Uptown.
  Frank and his late wife Marjorie instilled in their children and 
grandchildren the importance of giving back to the community. I wish 
him a happy celebration of a life well-lived, and good health in the 
coming years.

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