[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 21]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 30816]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      TRIBUTE TO STEPHEN M. MELTZ

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                          HON. DAVID D. PHELPS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 17, 1999

  Mr. PHELPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Stephen M. 
Meltz on his sixieth birthday. Stephen will gather with his friends and 
family to celebrate this momentous occasion just after Thanksgiving. 
Stephen was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 15, 1939, to Jacob 
and Cecilia Meltz. He is married to Nadine (Greenberg) Meltz and has 
two sons: David and Gary. Stephen has lived in Chicago his entire life. 
He attended college at the University of Chicago, receiving both his 
undergraduate degree in political science and his M.B.A. at the 
prestigious university. He also served his country proudly in the 
United States Army Reserve.
  Stephen M. Meltz is currently the President of Stephen M. Meltz and 
Associates, a C.P.A. firm located in Lincolnwood, Illinois. It is a 
successful business, where his clients know that the work done by 
Stephen's firm is both professional and honest. For the last year his 
son David Meltz has joined him at the firm, which now makes it truly a 
family business. But for all the success Stephen has had in his 
professional life, I know that his family is his greatest sense of 
pride and accomplishment.
  Stephen has always made the best interests of his family his primary 
concern. He has taken care of his wife, his children, his parents, his 
wife's parents and many members of his extended family with loving 
care. He saw to it that his children received the best educations 
available. He made sure that the final years of his and his wife's 
parents were lived with dignity and comfort. Like many fathers, his 
dedication to his family has sometimes gone unnoticed, but he does not 
care for his loved ones for accolades, but because he loves his family. 
for all these reasons, Stephen is a patriarch in the truest sense of 
the term. A pillar of integrity that all his family can lean on in 
their hour of need and celebrate with during times of joy.
  Mr. Speaker, it is often said, that the road to the Underworld is 
paved with good intentions. Contrary to this premise, Stephen M. Meltz 
has always had honor and a strong core of moral beliefs and intentions, 
and his actions have always mirrored those values. Aristotle said, ``In 
the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show 
their good qualities in action.'' Stephen's rewards are both a devout 
family and loyal friends who have witnessed his lifelong ``good 
qualities in action'' and will honor him over dinner on his sixtieth 
birthday.
  Mr. Speaker, lastly, I am particularly pleased to have this 
opportunity to congratulate Stephen M. Meltz, on his sixtieth birthday, 
because his son Gary C. Meltz is a member of my staff here in 
Washington, DC. Gary asked me to put into the Congressional Record a 
speech to commemorate his father's birthday. I am honored to do this 
for Gary and his father. I urge all my colleagues to join me now in 
wishing Stephen M. Meltz a happy sixtieth birthday and Godspeed.

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