[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21051]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         HONORING HAROLD ZINKIN

  (Mr. RADANOVICH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Harold 
Zinkin of Fresno, California, posthumously for his service to his 
community and generous good will. Mr. Zinkin recently passed away on 
September 22, 2004.
  Harold Zinkin was born in San Francisco, California, in 1922. As the 
son of Russian immigrants, this first-generation American lived a life 
that was nothing short of achieving the American Dream.
  As a young man, Mr. Zinkin enlisted in the U.S. Navy in response to 
the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later he became a champion bodybuilder and 
was one of the patriarchs of California's fitness movement that rose 
out of the famed Muscle Beach. Mr. Zinkin's vision for the future of 
health and wellness came to fruition through his creation of 
revolutionary fitness equipment called the Universal Gym Machine. He 
was also instrumental in creating one of the most dynamic and 
successful shopping and entertainment complexes throughout California's 
Central Valley.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Harold Zinkin for his 
tremendous service to his community, California's Central Valley and 
worldwide.

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