[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                          EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

            HONORING JUDGE ROMAN S. GRIBBS ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                          HON. JOHN D. DINGELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 5, 2000

  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, today I recognize, honor and salute my dear 
friend Judge Roman S. Gribbs on his retirement from the Michigan Court 
of Appeals and for his many years of dedicated public service.
  Beginnings do not come much more humble than Roman's. He attended 
grammar school in a one-room schoolhouse in the Thumb area of Michigan, 
and in 1944 graduated, as salutatorian, from Capac High School. After 
serving in the United States Army, Roman graduated Magna Cum Laude from 
the University of Detroit in 1952, with a degree in Economics and 
Accounting. In 1954, he earned his Juris Doctor from the same school.
  Roman began his professional career as an instructor at his alma 
mater, the University of Detroit. He later served as Assistant Wayne 
County Prosecutor, Presiding Traffic Court Referee for the City of 
Detroit and Wayne County Sheriff. From 1970 through 1974, Judge Gribbs 
served as Mayor of Detroit, during which time he also was President of 
the National League of Cities. While working as a partner at the law 
firm Fenton, Nederlander, Dodge, Barris and Gribbs, P.C., Roman was 
also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan. As though 
these many accomplishments were not enough, Mr. Speaker, my good friend 
has spent the last 23 years serving as a judge, first on the Third 
Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan, then on the Michigan Court of 
Appeals.
  In addition to his vast professional accomplishments, Roman is an 
active member of many fine organizations including: the Detroit 
Institute of Arts, the Economic Club of Detroit, American Academy of 
Political and Social Sciences, the League of Women Voters of Michigan, 
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Michigan 
Youth Commission to name only a few.
  Mr. Speaker, as Roman leaves the public limelight to spend time with 
his lovely wife, Lee, and his five children, I would ask that all of my 
colleagues salute Roman and his leadership, hard work and caring heart.

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