[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16744]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         MICHAEL D'ANTUANO: 2002 JOHNS FELLOWSHIP AWARD WINNER

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                            HON. BOB FILNER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 12, 2002

  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to salute Michael D'Antuano on 
receiving the 2002 Johns ``Fellowship Award'' in recognition of his 
outstanding contributions to the working women and men of our 
community.
  Michael has over 25 years of construction industry experience and is 
recognized throughout the country for his skills in labor relations, 
collective bargaining and negotiations. He joined the Parson 
Corporation in 1975 as a labor advisor on the massive Alaska Pipeline 
program. Working with Arco and Sohlo on their oil and gas modular 
fabrication and construction projects, Michael was assigned to 
construction sites throughout Washington, Oregon, California and 
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. In the late 1970s, he was assigned to Parson's 
headquarters in Pasadena, California, and assumed the administration of 
labor relations activities throughout the Untied States on major 
company projects, emphasizing labor/management cooperation and safe 
working environments and conditions for craftsmen.
  Michael was appointed the President of Parson Constructors, Inc. in 
April, 1994--the construction arm of The Parson Corporation. As 
President, he has been instrumental in establishing innovative 
approaches to labor/management relations. Parsons has negotiated and 
administered ground breaking Project Labor Agreements for major 
infrastructure and government programs throughout the country. Locally, 
the San Diego County Water Authority Emergency Storage Project is under 
construction with a project labor agreement negotiated and administered 
by Michael and his staff.
  He is on the Board of Directors of the North American Contractors 
Association (NACA) and serves on numerous labor/management committees 
across the nation. He is also a trustee for the Laborers International 
Union Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust and a Southern 
California Regional Board Member of the American Cancer Society (ACS).
  Michael D'Antuono exemplifies the high values, standards, and 
principles of the late John S. Lyons. I offer my congratulations to him 
on his receipt of the 2002 Johns ``Fellowship Award.''

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