[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO DAN B. WALDEN

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                         HON. ELLEN O. TAUSCHER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 9, 2002

  Mrs. TAUSCHER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a very special 
citizen in my district. Dan B. Walden has provided continuous efforts 
on behalf of children and education throughout his community and 
throughout the state of California. Dan Walden graduated from the 
University of California at Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in 
economics. For the past 33 years he has worked at Bank of America in 
industrial engineering, management, planning and project management. He 
has recently retired. Dan Walden has served as a school board member in 
Walnut Creek since 1988, serving as president in both 1994 and 1995. 
Along with this he was extremely active in the Contra Costa County 
School Boards, as its president in 1991 and 1996. Not only has he 
served his community, but the entire State of California as well. Dan 
Walden was a member of the California School Boards Association's 
Delegate Assembly since 1991. He has also served on numerous 
association committees. He served as chair of the CSBA Legislative 
Committee and Schools and Media Crisis Communications Task Force. Dan 
Walden has also served as chair of the Annual Education Conference 
Planning Committee in 1997. His desire to help did not stay in 
California as he has participated on the National School Boards 
Association's Policies and Resolutions Committee and the NSBA Pacific 
Region Bylaws and Regional Nominating Committees. Apart from the School 
Boards Associations he has also been active in community initiatives 
including the Contra Costa County Partners in Education, Project 
R.E.A.D. and the Walnut Creek Library Foundation, which he served as 
its first president. Dan Walden is now the outgoing President of the 
California School Boards Association for the 2002 year. I am very 
grateful for all of the hard work that Dan Walden has done in our 
community, the State of California and our country.

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