[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 24122-24123]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING G. WILLIAM CADDELL

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                       HON. THADDEUS G. McCOTTER

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 18, 2004

  Mr. McCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge and honor 
Doctor G. William Caddell upon his retirement after 23 years of service 
to the citizens of Oakland County, Michigan.
  A chiropractor by profession, Doc heeded the call to public service 
and was elected to the Oakland County Board of Commissioners in 1979. 
As a county commissioner Doc served on the Board's Finance Committee 
and served as its chairman.
  In January of 1993, Doc was appointed Deputy Clerk/Register for 
Oakland County by Clerk/Register Lynn D. Allen. During his tenure as 
Deputy Clerk/Register, Doc supervised day-to-day operations and made a 
commitment to bring the latest technology to the office in order to 
better serve the citizens of Oakland County.
  In 1998, Doc became the Clerk/Register of Deeds. The primary 
responsibility of this elected office is to record, store and retrieve 
documents for future use and to preserve them for historical purposes. 
Doc continued to introduce technology to enhance the efficiency and 
service of the Clerk/Register Office. Significant improvements include 
the scanning of legal documents so they are available to the public at 
the counter and to county prosecutors in their offices, thus saving 
significant staff time; the scanning of approximately two million 
birth, death and marriage records which may now be ordered by the 
public on the internet; the ability to apply for a passport at the 
county office, including photographs; the establishment of eRecording 
of land records; and the utilization of a geographic information system 
to accurately draw property lines. Because of Doc's innovation, the 
Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds Office is recognized throughout 
the state as the ``model'' office.
  Professionally, Doc was very active with state organizations. He was 
appointed in 2003 by Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land to a 
30 member State Plan Advisory

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Committee formed to address election reform pursuant to the federal 
Help America Vote Act. He is president of the Michigan Association of 
County Clerks. He is a past president of the Michigan Chiropractic 
Council and has served on the Board of Directors for the International 
Chiropractors' Association.
  Mr. Speaker, I extend our entire community's sincere appreciation and 
gratitude to G. William Caddell for his fine service to our community 
and our country; and wish him, his wife Beverly, son Jonathan, son 
Geoff and daughter-in-law Heather, and grandchildren Clinton Derek, 
Luke Jordan, and Sydney Adelaid, the brightest future of continued 
blessings the God Lord allows.

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