[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1653]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM D. LAUNDRY

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                         HON. WILLIAM L. OWENS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 25, 2013

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 43-year career and 
service of a constituent and my friend, William D. Laundry of the State 
University of New York in Plattsburgh, New York, and to congratulate 
him on his retirement. Mr. Laundry has served countless numbers of New 
York's college students in a variety of different roles at SUNY 
Plattsburgh, ultimately retiring as the Vice President for Student 
Affairs and Enrollment Management.
  For more than four decades, Mr. Laundry has devoted his life to 
ensuring students at SUNY Plattsburgh gain an education that prepares 
them to lead our society. As Director of Residence Life, Director of 
Campus Life, Dean of Students, Associate Vice President for Student 
Affairs and Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment 
Management, Mr. Laundry has served as a valuable counselor and 
confidant to his students, guiding them through the most formative 
parts of college and helping them understand the lessons life teaches 
outside the classroom.
  Mr. Laundry's influence in the Plattsburgh community spills beyond 
the border of the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. Whether he was officiating 
an alumni couple's wedding, helping a recent graduate land her dream 
job, or connecting an eager student to a new perspective in his 
service-learning experience, William Laundry has helped make our 
community a more vibrant and better place.
  I have known Mr. Laundry personally for more than 20 years. He 
deserves recognition for his outstanding character and warm sense of 
humor, and most of all for his consistent dedication to the students, 
alumni, and the university, the spirit of which is etched deeply in his 
soul.
  I wish Mr. Laundry well in what I am sure will be an active 
retirement. I ask that my colleagues join me in congratulating him and 
wishing him success in his next endeavors.

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