[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 23458-23459]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO MR. ROBERT TILLSLEY

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 30, 2009

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute 
to Mr. Robert Tillsley of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey for his dedicated 
support to the Boy Scouts of Northern New Jersey as well as Ramapo 
College and the members of the community of

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Bergen County. Tonight, Mr. Tillsley is being honored by the Iaoapogh 
Mountains District of the Northern New Jersey Council of the Boy Scouts 
for his commitment to improving the local community. This district 
serves more than 3,000 youth, guided by 1,000 adult volunteers through 
32 Cub Packs, 26 Boy Scout Troops and 6 Venture Crews.
  Robert T. Tillsley has been a member and friend of scouting for his 
entire life. He started as a member of Troop 55 in Paterson, New 
Jersey, and worked his way up from Patrol Leader to become Junior 
Assistant Scoutmaster. In November of 1960, he achieved the honor of 
Eagle Scout and has consistently held true to its creeds--``once an 
Eagle Scout, always an Eagle Scout.''
  Mr. Tillsley also supports a variety of commendable organizations 
outside of the Boy Scouts. He serves as the chairman of the Foundation 
Board of Governors at Ramapo College and has chaired several board 
committees over the years. He has worked with McBride Corporate Real 
Estate since 1988 where he started as a Senior Vice President 
responsible for the marketing of multi-tenant office buildings and then 
moved on to McBride's National Services division to serve as President 
in 1994. His responsibilities include the oversight of national 
services, customer service, database implementation, maintaining 
relationships, and implementation of marketing services for the 
division. He is an active member of the Society of Industrial & Office 
Realtors, the Industrial & Office Real Estate Brokers Association of 
Metropolitan New York, and CORFAC International--a worldwide commercial 
real estate network through which he has spoken at numerous global 
conferences and serves as an Executive Committee member.
  As Boy Scouting founder Lord Baden Powel once said, ``It is the 
spirit within, not the veneer without, which makes a man.'' Robert 
Tillsley's spirit can be seen in his laudable educational and business 
pursuits on behalf of the Boy Scouts of America throughout the 5th 
district of New Jersey; I join with his family, friends, and community 
in celebrating this momentous occasion.

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