[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2085-2086]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING PENN STATE'S MIKE HERR, ``MIKE THE MAILMAN''

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate 
Mike Herr on his retirement from the United States Postal Service. For 
generations of students at Penn State University, Mike is lovingly 
known as ``Mike the Mailman.''
  Mike's first day with the Postal Service was April 1, 1968--48 years 
to the day of his expected retirement this year. In his nearly five 
decades of working at the university's main campus in State College, he 
has formed bonds with countless students and has become a fixture at 
the school's annual dance marathon, also known as THON--the largest 
student-run philanthropy in the world. In fact, Mike has become known 
for delivering Mack Trucks that are full of letters and packages for 
dancers who are participating in the event.
  When asked about becoming a Penn State campus institution, Mike said: 
``My secret is fairly simple: kindness matters; humor always helps; 
staying enthusiastic about the big and little things and showing 
compassion to every single person that I meet.''
  Mr. Speaker, these are words that we can all live by, and I wish 
``Mike the Mailman'' the best of luck in his retirement.

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