[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15552]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   REMEMBERING JAMES ``JIM'' F. DICKE

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, today I wish to remember James ``Jim'' F. 
Dicke, a WWII veteran, an Ohio business leader, and a philanthropist. 
Mr. Dicke passed away on Friday, November 11, 2016, at the age of 94.
  Jim Dicke was born in New York in 1922 and raised in Dayton, OH, 
graduating from Stivers High School in 1939. He was an honorary 
graduate of Culver Military Academy and was awarded an honorary DBA by 
Ohio Northern University. A WWII veteran, Jim served as a lieutenant 
instructor in the Army Air Corps.
  Following his military service, Jim returned to the Dayton region and 
worked with his father, Carl, and other family members to found a 
company called Crown Controls Company, now known as Crown Equipment 
Corporation, which is a leading global manufacturer of material 
handling equipment, currently in its fourth generation of family 
leadership. With over 4,400 Ohio employees, the New Bremen, OH, based 
company has three manufacturing facilities along I-75 in west Ohio, as 
well as a branch in Vandalia. We are proud to have this innovative, 
successful, and competitive manufacturer in the Buckeye State.
  In addition to being a job creator and business leader, Jim Dicke was 
involved in many important community activities. He was a major 
benefactor to Ohio Northern University, where he was given an honorary 
doctorate in 2000 and where there are a number of namesakes there in 
his honor, including James F. Dicke Hall, home to the James F. Dicke 
College of Business Administration, as well as the Dicke House, home of 
the university's president.
  Jim and his late wife, Eilleen, were married for almost 73 years and 
raised two sons, six grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
  I would like to honor James Frank Dicke for his many contributions to 
his community and our State.

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