[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15990]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING DAVID VON DOHLEN FOR TWO DECADES OF SERVICE THE GREEN HILLS 
                              ROTARY CLUB

                                 ______
                                 

                            HON. JIM COOPER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 23, 2009

  Mr. COOPER. Madam Speaker, today I rise to honor David von Dohlen, an 
upstanding member of the Nashville community, on the occasion of his 
retirement as treasurer of the Green Hills Rotary Foundation, a 
position he has held since 1989.
  A charter member of the Green Hills Rotary Club, Mr. von Dohlen has 
freely contributed his time and efforts to the organization. He and his 
wife Betsy have participated in every club event and fundraising 
activity since the club's founding: the ``Trees to Trails'' Christmas 
tree recycling event, the Swing Dance dinner and auction, the Million-
Dollar Shootout competition and the mini-car races in Centennial Park. 
He also volunteered his accounting skills as Club treasurer and 
treasurer of the Green Hills Rotary Foundation since its creation in 
1989.
  It should come as no surprise that Mr. von Dohlen has previously been 
recognized as the Green Hills Rotary Club's Man of the Year. Nor should 
it surprise anyone that, after twenty years of service, Mr. von Dohlen 
has elected to take a richly deserved break.
  And so, Madam Speaker, it is my privilege to stand before this House 
today as a representative of David von Dohlen, a man who exemplifies 
the Rotary motto of ``Service above Self.'' It is people like Mr. von 
Dohlen who strengthen our communities and show the way for future 
generations--not through grand deeds or gestures, but through a life 
lived in service to others.
  Today I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting David von Dohlen for 
two decades of service to the Green Hills Rotary Club, the Green Hills 
Rotary Foundation and to the people of Nashville, Tennessee. We 
celebrate his many contributions to our community and to our country. 
And in a week in which the President launched a national ``Summer of 
Service,'' we commend Mr. von Dohlen to our fellow Americans as a model 
of what citizenship and service can be.