[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 612]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                     IN HONOR OF WILLIAM F. MILLER

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 5, 2002

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor William F. Miller 
upon his reception of the German Service Cross of the Order of Merit.
  The Donauschwaben's German-American Cultural Center and Consul 
General Michael Engelhard of the Consulate General of the Federal 
Republic of Germany are honoring Mr. Miller for his 39 years of 
reporting German-American affairs for the Plain Dealer. In this period 
he has served as a columnist, reporter and assistant editor.
  In 1990 Miller covered the lives of Germans, among other central and 
eastern Europeans, in the wake of the fall of communism. From this 
experience he wrote a series of articles entitled ``Life After the 
Wall.'' This series won the 1991 National Writing Award of the First 
Catholic Slovak Union of the United States and Canada. Additionally the 
series was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
  Miller was named German-American Journalist of the Year in January 
1996 by the Federation of German-American Societies of Greater 
Cleveland. Miller also received the Distinguished Service Award from 
the National Journalistic Society's Cleveland Chapter in May of 1991.
  Miller has also been recognized by numerous other ethnic groups. The 
Asian/Pacific Federation in Cleveland presented him with their 
Community Service award for his writings in 1989. In 1994, Miller 
became the first non-Greek to be awarded the Hellenic Award from the 
Greek Orthodox Church of North America and Canada. In addition Miller 
has received awards for his coverage of the Greater Cleveland German, 
Irish, Filipino, Italian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, 
Ukrainian, Latvian and Czech communities.
  I ask you to join me in honoring William F. Miller upon his reception 
of this distinguished award.

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