[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2677]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                IN RECOGNITION OF WILLIAM T. SKOWRONSKI

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 18, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize William T. Skowronski, 
the Chief of the Northeast District Office of the Ohio Environmental 
Protection Agency. Bill is retiring on February 24 after 39 years with 
the OEPA.
  Bill Skowronski graduated from Cleveland State University in 1972 
with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He became a Registered 
Professional Engineer and went on to become District Engineer in the 
Public Wastewater Control Group; a Supervisor in the Industrial 
Wastewater Pollution Control Group; and the Manager of the Division of 
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, before becoming the District 
Chief in 1987.
  In his long and distinguished career, Bill Skowronski has served on 
many boards and committees and has received numerous awards for his 
service. He is an ex officio member of the Northeast Ohio Areawide 
Coordinating Agency, Northeast Ohio's Metropolitan Planning 
Organization; a member of the Greater Cleveland Clean Air Campaign; the 
Cleveland Harbor Dredge Task Force; the Environmental Health and Safety 
Technology Advisory Committee of Cuyahoga Community College; and the 
Advisory Committee for Master of Arts in Environmental Studies at 
Cleveland State University's Levin College of Urban Affairs, among 
other boards. He is also a past member of the Greater Cleveland Growth 
Association's Water/Environmental Committee; Case Western Reserve 
University's Advisory Committee for the Regional Priorities Project; 
the St. Clair Superior Neighborhood Development Association 
Environmental Justice Committee; and the Earth Day Coalition's 
Sustainable Cleveland Neighborhood Committee, among others. In 1991 
Bill received the OEPA Senior Manager of the Year Award and in 2005 
received the OEPA George B. Garrett Professionalism Award.
  Professional duties aside, Bill is a dedicated sports fan and family 
man. He plays basketball, soccer, tennis and golf and umpires 
elementary through high school baseball leagues. He is an avid fan of 
all Cleveland's professional sports teams and the Ohio State University 
Buckeyes. In his retirement, Bill looks forward to spending more time 
with his wife Debra, who recently retired from the North Royalton Board 
of Education, his three children Keith, Kevin and Kristen, his 
granddaughter Abigail, and a grandchild on the way.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in wishing Bill Skowronski 
the best in his much deserved retirement.

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