[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3839]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 RECOGNIZING THE IAWP AND DICK FREEMAN

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I would like to congratulate the 
International Association of Workforce Professionals, IAWP, for a 
century of leadership in enhancing the professionalism and excellence 
of America's workforce systems. IAWP will have a special celebration of 
this centennial milestone during its annual International Educational 
Conference in Chicago from July 6 to 10. IAWP was founded in Chicago 
and also celebrated its 50th and 75th anniversaries in that great 
Midwestern city. The association will honor its founder, W.M. 
Leiserson, superintendent of Wisconsin Employment Offices. In 1913, he 
reached out to his counterparts in other States to organize a 
nationwide association of public employment offices. Since its 
founding, IAWP has consistently worked to advance its founding 
principles: to provide members with education, leadership 
opportunities, information exchange, and recognition of excellence. In 
particular I would also like to applaud one of my constituents, Dick 
Freeman, who is receiving a much deserved Lifetime Achievement Award 
from IAWP at its July conference.
  Dick has been a member of the Iowa chapter of IAWP for 41 years, 
including serving as the Iowa legislative chair since 1985. He has 
received the Iowa I-Care Award numerous times during his tenure of more 
than four decades with the association. This award is given for 
professionals who perform above and beyond normal leadership duties.
  Dick played an important role in planning and hosting IAWP's 1990 
International Educational Conference in Des Moines. He was the deputy 
director of the Iowa chapter when it chose to compete to host that 
year's International Education Conference. Iowa won the bid thanks to 
Dick's initiative and persistence. Approximately 1,200 IAWP members 
attended the 1990 conference in Iowa.
  Mr. President, I am very pleased to recognize Dick Freeman for his 
many decades of dedicated service to IAWP members in Iowa and all 
across the Nation. Again, I congratulate the International Association 
of Workforce Professionals for 100 years of service to America's 
workers.

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