[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 17, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E479]
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                     REMEMBERING LEONARD STEFANELLI

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                          HON. JOHN GARAMENDI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 17, 2018

  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of 
Leonard Stefanelli, a native Californian who embodied the American 
spirit of hard work and determination.
   Leonard was the son of immigrants in San Francisco, and after 
graduating high school he took a job as a garbage collector for the 
Sunset Scavenger company. Through his hard work, he quickly rose up the 
ranks, and just 12 years after he started out on the back of a truck, 
he became president of the company.
   Not content with his personal success however, Leonard used his role 
as president to begin implementing changes that would improve the 
entire industry. He reformed the way trash was collected in San 
Francisco, doing away with the old time-intensive practices that often 
resulted in backbreaking work for collectors. He continued modernizing 
both the company and the industry throughout his career.
   Leonard was also proud of his service in the U.S. Navy aboard 
submarines, and of course, his family, including his wife, Virginia, 
and his children, Joseph and Gina. I know that they, along with the 
rest of his family and friends, join me in celebrating his life and his 
memory.

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