[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15184]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING WILLIAM ALLEN

 Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I wish to honor a constituent of 
mine, William Allen, who was recently named the 2005 Citizen of the 
Year by the town of Montville, CT.
  Mr. Allen is a lifelong resident of Montville, a town of about 18,000 
people located along the Thames River, between Norwich and New London 
in Southeastern Connecticut. He served his country in the U.S. Marines 
from 1961 to 1963 before receiving an honorable discharge. After he 
returned home, he worked in construction for 6 years before starting 
his own business, W.R. Allen and Co. Contracting, in 1969.
  Today, in addition to the contracting firm, William Allen owns Allen 
Carpets, Hawthorne Woodworking Co., and Plumfire Mechanical and 
Bathliners, all based in Montville.
  As a good businessman, Mr. Allen could have gone anywhere and been a 
success. But he chose to stay in the town where he was raised and make 
it a better place for all of its citizens.
  William Allen's impact on Montville is not limited to his businesses. 
He has been an active participant in numerous community organizations, 
including the Montville Youth Center, the Senior Citizen's Center, the 
Montville Little League, the Boy Scouts, and Mont-
ville's police and fire departments.
  There are many committed citizens such as William Allen across our 
Nation--people who work hard each and every day and then give of 
themselves to their communities to improve the lives of others. I 
believe we would do well to recognize their achievements more often, 
and I applaud the Town of Montville for bestowing this well-deserved 
honor on Mr. Allen.
  Once again, I congratulate William Allen on this wonderful award, and 
I wish him, his wife Rosalyn, their children, and their grandchildren 
all the best.

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