[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11667]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM FRANCIS HARTNETT, JR.

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                            HON. TODD ROKITA

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 17, 2013

  Mr. ROKITA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and salute a 
remarkable individual, William Francis Hartnett, Jr., who passed away 
on July 15, 2013. I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude and 
appreciation for his leadership and service to our county.
  Mr. Hartnett attended St. Michael's College, Middlebury College, and 
Cornell University. He was also a graduate of Fordham University School 
of Law. After earning his J.D., he practiced law in both New York City 
and Port Washington, New York.
  Mr. Hartnett had a servant's heart. For four years he served our 
nation as an officer in the United States Navy and continued to serve 
Americans as a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
Mr. Hartnett also served his community as Assistant to the Vice 
Chairman of the New York Housing Authority, Counsel to the Board of the 
New York City Board of Higher Education, and as East Meadow School 
Board President. Mr. Hartnett served on numerous boards, including St. 
Francis Hospital, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the Chicago Public 
Library, Chicago Catholic Charities, and many more. Mr. Hartnett also 
served on the Board of La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana.
  Mr. Hartnett was the Founder of both William F. Hartnett and 
Associates and Hartnett-Shaw Development Corporation. He developed many 
commercial, residential and industrial real estate projects across the 
country, including Lake Point Tower in Chicago, United Nations Plaza in 
New York, Williams Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Century City in Los 
Angeles.
  Mr. Hartnett was a family man who is survived by Lorranye, his loving 
wife of sixty-three years, four children, seventeen grandchildren, and 
six great-grandchildren. William Francis Hartnett, Jr. was a man truly 
committed to his family, his community, his faith, and his country. 
America is a better nation because of Bill Hartnett, and I am lucky to 
know his family--his best achievement. He will be truly missed. Thank 
you and rest in peace, Mr. Hartnett.

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