[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19456]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO LESLIE A. MILLIN

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                       HON. DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN

                         of the virgin islands

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 19, 2013

  Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the memory of Leslie 
A. Millin, Sr. a former Director of Personnel for the Government of the 
U.S. Virgin Islands, who recently passed away after a long illness. 
Leslie A. Millin was a career public servant, a community activist and 
a man committed to our territory.
  He will be remembered for his hard work and dedication to civil 
service and his commitment to improving the quality of life, not just 
for government employees, but for all Virgin Islanders.
  Leslie Millin, Sr. was first appointed to Director of Personnel, by 
our first elected governor, the Honorable Melvin E. Evans in 1972. 
Under his directorship, a voluntary Health Insurance Plan was 
established. He continued his service during the administration of 
former Governor Juan Luis, and was the last Personnel Director to 
administer both the Government Employees Retirement System and the 
Personnel System of the Virgin Islands government. Under the 
administration of the Honorable Roy L. Schneider, he served as Director 
of Human Resources and Comptroller of the Department of Public Works.
  Leslie Millin, Sr. came from a family for whom public service was 
first nature. He is the grandson of the first female Virgin Islands 
Senator Lucinda Millin, the son of the third elect Lieutenant Governor 
Henry A. Millin and the brother of sitting Virgin Islands senator Janet 
Millin Young and the father of current Commissioner of Property and 
Procurement Lynn Millin Maduro.
  As we remember Leslie Millin, Sr.'s example of public service, I 
offer my condolences to his wife, Daisy-Mae, his sister, Senator Janet 
Millin Young, his children, to include Commissioner Lynn Millin Maduro 
and his many other relatives, friends and colleagues who are all 
saddened by his passing. On behalf of my family and staff, I extend my 
sympathies. May he rest in peace.

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