[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12385]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                              GEORGE PALKO

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 26, 2000

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Mr. George Palko 
upon receiving the Alumni Emerging Leadership Award from Cleveland 
State University. Mr. Palko is being recognized for his great 
engineering work and for his dedication as a educator at the Cleveland 
State University.
  Mr. George Palko earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from 
the Fenn College of Engineering in 1988 and a master's of business 
administration from the College of Business Administration in 1993. Mr. 
George Palko is currently a resident of North Royalton.
  Mr. George Palko has been engaged in the Cleveland State University's 
cooperative education program through which he has received training at 
the Great Lakes Construction Company. Upon graduating from college, Mr. 
Palko continued working for the Great Lakes Construction Company. As an 
in-house engineer and project engineer, Mr. Palko worked on many 
projects in the city of Cleveland. He has been superintendent of many 
ODOT projects, including the construction of interstate 90. In August 
1997, Mr. Palko became president of the Great Lakes Construction 
Company.
  Since Mr. Palko became president of the Great Lakes Construction 
Company the number of co-op students that the firm employs has 
quadrupled. In addition, Mr. Palko is teaching Construction Planning 
and Estimating at the Cleveland State University's Civil Engineering 
Department and he is a member of the College of Engineering's Visiting 
Committee.
  Mr. Speaker, I know that my colleagues will join me in honoring Mr. 
Palko's impressive career and wish him all the best as he continues his 
work.

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