[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 653]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING MR. DALE BUTLER, JR.

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                         HON. DENNIS A. CARDOZA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 28, 2004

  Mr. CARDOZA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a great friend to the 
18th Congressional District, the State of California, and our Nation, 
Mr. Dale Butler, Jr. Dale is retiring from his 33-year tenure with 
Stanislaus County, and he is a living example of how the American dream 
is alive and well today.
  Dale was raised on the Westside of Stanislaus County, a predominantly 
agricultural area in the San Joaquin Valley. His first job as a migrant 
farm worker gave him a work ethic that has followed Dale his entire 
life. The first major leadership role Dale took on was serving our 
nation in the U.S. Navy as a personnel specialist from 1962 to 1966. He 
then took his leadership abilities to the Riverbank Army Ammunition 
Plant as a production control scheduler. In 1971, Dale graduated from 
California State Stanislaus with a bachelor of arts degree in political 
science.
  Following graduation, Dale began his career with Stanislaus County. 
From 1971 to 1999, Dale held a variety of administrative and management 
positions with the county. He has been involved in budgets, legislation 
analysis, recruitment selection, discipline, labor relations, training, 
and Equal Rights. He has held positions as a Principal Analyst, Senior 
Management Consultant in the Chief Executive Office, and Senior 
Personnel Analyst. He has also served Stanislaus County as the Equal 
Rights Officer from 1972 to 2001. Currently, he serves in the 
Stanislaus County Chief Executive Office as the Deputy Executive 
Officer, overseeing purchasing, central services, and fleet services 
divisions.
  Not only has Dale served our Nation, but he has a deep commitment to 
the betterment of our Central Valley as well. Currently, he is the 
president of the Stanislaus County Fair Board, a member of the 
Stanislaus County Latino Community Round Table, the Stanislaus County 
Hispanic Leadership Council, the Mabuhay Club, and the Modesto Bee's 
Hispanic Advisory Council. Dale has also founded a number of 
organizations such as the Stanislaus County Latino Community Round 
Table, El Concilio de Stanislaus County for the Spanish-Speaking, Inc., 
and the Stanislaus County Disability Resources Agency for Independent 
Living. There have been a number of honors bestowed upon Dale such as, 
the Stanislaus County Latino Community Round Table's Outstanding Latino 
of the Year, the California Association of Physically Handicapped's 
Humanitarian of the Year, the American GI Forum's Hispanic of the Year, 
and the Volunteer of the Year from the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
  Dale is married to Corazon Butler, and together they have three 
children, Christine, Diana, and Dale III. I am proud to recognize all 
of Dale's accomplishments, and to call him my friend. Today I call upon 
my colleagues to help me thank Dale for his service to the Central 
Valley, and to wish him a very happy retirement.

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