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years as the municipal prosecutor for the Borough of Ringwood, where he has resided for 

thirty-eight years. 

Judge Marmo and his wife Pat have been 

blessed with two children and eight grandchildren. Their daughter, Kim Ann is married 

to James Martin, and they are the parents of 

four children, Ryan, Connor, Blake and 

Raegan. Their son, Michael Marmo, and his 

wife Christine, also have four children, Shannon, Kelly, Jennifer, and Michael. 

The job of a United States Congressman involves much that is rewarding, yet nothing 

compares to recognizing the accomplishments 

of community leaders like Judge Marmo. 

Madam Speaker, I ask that you join our colleagues, Judge Marmo’s family, friends, and 

everyone he has worked with throughout the 

years, and me in recognizing the outstanding 

and invaluable achievements of the Honorable 

Ronald G. Marmo. 

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RECOGNIZING BRIAN KELLY OF 

NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 

HON. MIKE THOMPSON OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam 

Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Brian 

Kelly, a true pillar of the Napa Valley community. Mr. Kelly is being honored by the Napa 

Valley Education Foundation for his many contributions to education in our community. 

Mr. Kelly is a longtime Napa resident whose 

life’s work has been giving back to his community, especially working to advance educational opportunities for young people. He is 

a past treasurer and board member of the 

Napa Valley Education Foundation and the 

priority he places on education is shown on 

his own resume. Mr. Kelly has a BS in management from CSU Hayward, an MBA in finance from UC Berkeley, and is a graduate of 

the Wine Executive Program from UC Davis 

as well as the Advanced Management Program at the Haas School of Business. 

It would be difficult to find someone more involved in his community than Brian Kelly. 

Whatever the community or charitable function 

in the Napa Valley, Mr. Kelly and his trademark bow tie are ever-present. He serves or 

has served on the boards of Aldea Children & 

Family Services, Napa County LAFCO, Napa 

Chamber of Commerce, Napa Valley Conference & Visitors Bureau, Napa Valley Vintners Community Health Center, Community 

Foundation of the Napa Valley, Hospice of 

Napa Valley, Napa City-County Library, Queen 

of the Valley Hospital, and countless others. 

He is also a successful businessman who is 

president, CEO, and founder of Charter Oak 

Bank in Napa. 

Madam Speaker and colleagues, it is my 

distinct pleasure to thank Brian Kelly for his 

many years of service and congratulate him 

on this well-deserved recognition. He has 

been a model citizen and leader in Napa 

County and his presence has enriched the 

lives of everyone in our community. I join his 

wife Maggie and his daughters Kathleen, 

Megan and Jennifer in wishing him continued 

success and fulfillment. 

HONORING LEE ANGELICH 

HON. JIM COSTA OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Mr. COSTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today 

along with Congressman RADANOVICH to congratulate Lee Angelich upon his induction into 

the Fresno Hall of Fame. Mr. Angelich will be 

honored at the 50th anniversary enshrinement 

dinner of the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame on 

Thursday, November 6, 2008. 

Lee Angelich, the youngest of five boys, 

was born to a Serbian immigrant family and 

starred in track and field in high school and 

college. Mr. Angelich qualified for the State 

Finals his senior year at Shasta High School. 

In his two years at Sacramento Junior College, he led the Panthers to league and state 

titles and in 1941 he led them to a national 

title. Mr. Angelich placed second in the 120 

high hurdles and fifth in the high jump at the 

national meet. He then went on to the University of California, where in 1943 he won Pacific Coast Conference titles in the 120 high 

and the 220 low hurdles, and finished fifth and 

sixth respectively in the same events at the 

NCAA Championships. In 1943, Mr. Angelich 

joined the Navy and served as an officer on 

the U.S.S. Rixey in the Pacific. After the war, 

he enrolled at California State University Fresno and placed third in the West Coast Relays 

in the 120 high hurdles. 

After completing his education Mr. Angelich 

began coaching. As a coach he stressed fundamentals, defense and teamwork. He guided 

boys’ teams at Kerman High, Porterville High 

and Fresno High to eight league championships and an overall record of 255–76 from 

1947 to 1963. His Kerman team won the Central Section small schools championship, and 

his Fresno High teams won forty-eight straight 

games at home, second best in section history. Under Mr. Angelich, Fresno High won 

four consecutive North Yosemite League titles 

(1957–1960). He is one of the rare coaches to 

win central Section titles in two different 

sports, as Fresno High captured the boys’ 

track-and-field championship in 1957. He became one of the winningest high school basketball coaches in central section history. Additionally, after turning down a chance to 

coach Greece’s national men’s basketball 

team in 1959, he organized and coached the 

Libyan national team that participated in the 

North African Games in 1961. 

Madam Speaker, we rise today to commend 

and congratulate Lee Angelich upon his 

achievements and induction into the Fresno 

Athletic Hall of Fame. I invite my colleagues to 

join me in wishing Mr. Angelich congratulations on his many accomplishments. 

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TRIBUTE TO WALTER J. BAMBERG 

HON. TERRY EVERETT OF ALABAMA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Mr. EVERETT. Madam Speaker, I rise to 

pay tribute to the life and public service of 

long-time Montgomery, Alabama resident Mr. 

Walter J. Bamberg, age 78, who passed away 

on October 3 after a brief illness. 

Walter Bamberg was an institution in central 

Alabama. His life epitomized public service. A 

U.S. Army Korean War veteran, Bamberg 

began his career as a Montgomery radio and 

television personality in the early 1950’s. During his 12 years on the air, Bamberg took advantage of the space craze gripping the nation 

as creator and host of a popular local children’s program called ‘‘Captain Zoomar’’ on 

WCOV–TV 20. 

In 1964, Bamberg left Montgomery broadcasting to serve as Job Placement Director for 

the Rehabilitation Research Foundation at 

Draper Correctional Center in Montgomery. 

Five years later, he was appointed as District 

Director for Alabama Second District Congressman Bill Dickinson. Bamberg supervised 

constituent outreach duties of Congressman 

Dickinson’s south Alabama offices for two decades. He was so effective that Dickinson tried 

on at least one occasion to convince Bamberg 

to join him in Washington, but he declined to 

leave Alabama and the life he enjoyed directly 

serving the people. 

In 1989, Bamberg retired from Congressional service and was appointed by President 

George H. W. Bush as U.S. Marshal for the 

Middle Judicial District of Alabama. His responsibilities extended over 15 counties. Bamberg was also a member of the Montgomery 

County Republican Executive Committee. 

He was active in local politics, including a 

run for Montgomery City Commission, and he 

remained engaged in community affairs after 

his retirement from the U.S. Marshal Service. 

Once cannot think of Montgomery Republican 

politics without thinking of him. He liked to 

joke that he was a Republican in Alabama 

when the party could hold their convention in 

a phone booth. 

I was pleased to visit with Walter Bamberg 

in April while attending the funeral services for 

Congressman Dickinson. Barbara and I offer 

our condolences to his wife, Peggy, and children, David, Dale Franklin, Matt, and entire 

family during this time of loss. Walter Bamberg 

was an Alabama institution and a man of 

many talents. His legacy of public service lives 

on in the strength of the Alabama Republican 

party. 

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COMMENDING THE ROME AREA 

HERITAGE FOUNDATION 

HON. PHIL GINGREY OF GEORGIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Mr. GINGREY. Madam Speaker, I rise today 

to commend the Rome Area Heritage Foundation, which in 2003 commissioned Georgia artist Suzanne Royal to paint two reproductions 

of a portrait of First Lady, Ellen Axson Wilson. 

Mrs. Wilson spent her youth in Rome, Georgia 

where she met, courted and later married 

President Woodrow Wilson. Today, she is buried in the town she always considered her 

home—at historic Myrtle Hill Cemetery in 

Rome, Georgia, in the heart of the 11th District. 

The original portrait of the First Lady was a 

gift from Miss Martha Berry to the citizens of 

Rome and Floyd County to be permanently 

displayed in the Carnegie Library, forerunner 

of today’s Rome Floyd County Library. One of 

the reproductions was donated in 2005 to the 

State of Georgia to hang in Georgia’s Capitol. 


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