[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 14, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E479-E480]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF WILLIAM A. NACK

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 14, 2015

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an extraordinary leader 
and a valued

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friend of many years, William A. Nack. He was born in St. Louis, 
Missouri, raised in San Francisco and has been a resident of San Mateo 
County, California for more than half a century. For the past 16 years 
he has been the able and highly regarded Business Manager and Executive 
Officer of the Building and Construction Trades Council of San Mateo 
County, AFL-CIO, and retired on March 1, 2015.
   Bill Nack demonstrated his leadership qualities at a young age when 
he attained the rank of Eagle Scout in 1962. He earned an Associate 
Degree in Aeronautics, served in the U.S. Naval Reserves, and served as 
a Journeyman Mechanic with United Airlines where he began his close 
association with the union movement. He served as a union shop steward 
for 15 years, challenging management and championing workers. He served 
on union boards and committees and was a founding member of a coalition 
between the unions of machinists, pilots and flight attendants. Bill 
Nack was also a delegate to the San Mateo County Central Labor Council 
and chaired its Legislative Committee.
   From 1987 to 1989, Bill Nack was the Assistant Business Manager for 
the Central Labor Council of Santa Clara and San Benito Counties, and 
from 1989 to 1999 served as the Deputy Executive Officer of the Santa 
Clara and San Benito Building and Trades Council. In 1999, Bill became 
the Business Manager and Executive Officer of the San Mateo Building 
and Trades Council, leading 14,000 union construction crafts men and 
women. During his time as Executive Officer he negotiated 45 Project 
Labor Agreements and Letters of Commitment, representing more than $16 
billion in projects that employed union members. He ensured that all of 
the projects were environmentally responsible and respectful of union 
members, their wages and working conditions. Bill has served with great 
distinction on many state and local boards and commissions, and is the 
devoted husband of Rayna Lehman and the proud father of their twin 
sons, Patrick and Benjamin.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask the entire House to join me in honoring the 
extraordinary work of Bill Nack, a great and good man, and a person of 
enormous integrity, and wish him every blessing in the years to come. 
He has strengthened and bettered our community and our country with the 
work of his life and I will always be grateful to have worked with him 
and to call him my friend.

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