[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 172 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1569]
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                       HONORING WILLIAM STALLINGS

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 1, 2016

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor one of Yonkers' most 
active and dedicated community members, William Stallings, who is being 
honored at this year's Yonkers Democratic Committee Annual Road to 
Victory Dinner.
  Originally a product of Charleston, South Carolina, Bill attended 
public school and became very active in the civil rights movement in 
his junior and senior years of high school. Upon completion of Burke 
High School he began working at the Citadel, the military college of 
South Carolina. After a year, he applied to Tuskegee Institute in 
Alabama and was accepted. At Tuskegee, he enrolled in the Air Force 
ROTC and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant upon graduation. His bars were 
pinned on him by his grandmother and General Daniel ``Chappy'' James, 
and while in the Air Force, he reached the rank of Captain.
  It was a recruitment by Pepsi Cola that ultimately brought Bill to 
Westchester County, where he has remained ever since. He became active 
in the local Democratic Party in 1974 by engaging in local voter 
registration drives, and later became a District Leader. He is a member 
of the NAACP and is very active in his church, Greater Centennial AME 
Zion Church. He has been an officer of the church for over 25 years, 
was President of the Greater Centennial Federal Credit Union for over 
20 years, and is a founding member of the Greater Centennial Community 
Development Corporation. Bill has also served on the Board of Directors 
of the Human Development Services of Westchester (HDSW) for the past 20 
years and on the Yonkers Democratic City Executive Committee for over 
20 years.
  Few have done more to help their local community thrive than Bill 
Stallings. He is most deserving of this wonderful recognition.

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