[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16916]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                CONGRATULATING JAMES AND COKE HALLOWELL

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 27, 2000

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate James and 
Coke Hallowell for winning the Excellence in Business Hall of Fame 
Award for 2000.
  James started working at his father's dealership in 1955, and assumed 
control of the company in 1968. It was a small company in a rural 
community. By 1999 Hallowell Chevrolet sold 2,000 vehicles and 
generated $65 million in sales. James retired from the business in 
1999, when he sold the dealership to his partner Bill Hendrick.
  Over the years James and Coke have received numerous honors. James 
has received the Leon S. Peters Award, Fresno Junior Chamber of 
Commerce Award as Fresno's Outstanding Young Man in 1969, Time 
Magazine's Quality Dealer Award in 1971, and Fresno State's Alumnus of 
the Year award in 1974. Coke has been the State Center Community 
College District trustee for two terms.
  James and Coke have contributed their time, efforts, and money to 
charitable and civic causes as well. Coke has been deeply committed to 
the San Joaquin River Parkway since 1985. James has been active with 
the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra, is currently president-elect of the 
Fresno Business Council, and has a seat on the Community Medical 
Center's Board of Directors.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to congratulate James and Coke 
Hallowell for winning the Excellence in Business Hall of Fame Award for 
2000. I urge my colleagues to join me in wishing them many more years 
of continued success.

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