E246 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks February 27, 2012 and most influential player in basketball his- a balanced budget amendment passed the HONORING DR. AND MRS. DICK tory—scored exactly 100 points. No one had House by a bipartisan vote of 300–132, the C.E. DAVIS done it before. No one has done it since. No national debt was $4,801,405,175,294.28. one ever will. Today, it is $15,437,987,849,460.91. We’ve But for Wilton Norman Chamberlain, born in added $10,636,582,674,166.63 to our debt in HON. LEE TERRY August 21, 1936, and already a 16 years. This is $10 trillion in debt our nation, OF NEBRASKA national superstar when he played for our economy, and our children could have Overbrook High School in the early 1950s, as- avoided with a balanced budget amendment. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tonishing feats on the hardwood were the commonplace. Basketball has been utterly and f Monday, February 27, 2012 permanently changed since he first attracted A TRIBUTE TO ATTORNEY ED Mr. TERRY. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure notice on—and above—the courts of West HALES to rise during Black History Month—to ac- Philly in neighborhoods I have been privileged knowledge the important contributions that Af- to represent in Congress. Even in the quintessential big man’s game HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS rican-Americans have made, and continue to of basketball, towered over OF NEW YORK make to American society. Today, I honor his on-court contemporaries and truly loomed IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES some of the extraordinary citizens who have larger than life. These days, ‘‘game changer’’ Monday, February 27, 2012 shaped Nebraska’s Second District, and our has become a cliche´. Wilt might as well have Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to great nation. Let’s pay special tribute to Dr. authored the term. Not just 7-foot-1 but agile, pay tribute and to honor Attorney Ed Hales. A and Mrs. Dick C.E. Davis, two highly re- competitive and creative, he transformed ‘‘the native of Kiskimere, , Attorney spected and successful members of my com- city game.’’ He invented and perfected a style Hales has a long history of mediation and ar- munity of Omaha. ´ that has become another cliche: ‘‘above the bitration between unions and other labor This couple has long been recognized as rim.’’ The Warriors-Knicks game that historic day groups and their employers. He has also con- dedicated supporters of projects and causes was otherwise unremarkable. The Knicks were tributed greatly to the administration of higher that improve the lives of Nebraskans—particu- in last place. The ‘‘crowd’’ in Hershey was education and been active in many civic re- larly those hit hardest by poverty and the de- 4,124. There was no TV or video, and press sponsibility groups. clining economic heft of our minority commu- coverage was scant. The Warriors’ statistician It all started when Mr. Hales was a high- nities. Late last year, the couple celebrated Harvey Pollack was drafted to cover the game schooler at Vandergrift High School, in the 40th anniversary of Davis Companies: a for the Philadelphia Inquirer and two wire serv- Vandergrift, Pennsylvania where he was a family business that has long been recognized ices—and he’s the guy who penciled ‘‘100’’ three letter sports player in football, basketball as a pillar in Omaha’s business community, onto scrap paper for the iconic post-game and baseball for the Vandergrift Lancers. Edu- recently being acknowledged as one of the ten photo that’s gone ’round the world. Wilt said cationally speaking, it took one of his teach- fastest-growing Omaha businesses. ers, Mr. Bernardo to help him realize his tal- later he had been up all night the night before, Rather than resting on the success of Davis and was a bit embarrassed to have taken 63 ents and potential, thus paving the way for Mr. Companies, the Davis family has turned a shots to reach 100, with teammates feeding Hales to attend the historically white ‘‘Univer- him the ball and Knicks fouling him at every sity of Nevada’’ in Reno on a football scholar- laser-like focus to restoring a vibrant economic opportunity. ship. After the football team was deempha- renaissance in Omaha’s minority sectors. It seemed like no big deal at the time—Wilt sized, he transferred to Baldwin-Wallace Col- In 1989, the Davis family pioneered the scored at least 70 points five other times, and lege where he graduated with a bachelor’s de- State’s first public/private funding allocated to that season averaged 50.4 a game. But it’s a gree in Government and History. Once seeing addressing the underrepresentation of all mi- big deal now in his home town, the subject of what he could accomplish, he went into law nority students—in every sector of public post- ESPN and NBA–TV specials, and exalted school at the University of Wisconsin in Madi- secondary education. Since its inception, the wherever fans gather. Philadelphia’s team, the son where he joined the Alpha Phi Alpha fra- Davis-Chambers scholarship fund has grown Sixers, will be hosting Wilt’s old team, now the ternity while earning his law degree. He went to a more than 3 million dollar endowment. It , on the night of March on to become a practicing lawyer in Wisconsin has fully funded undergraduate educations for 2, with an amazing giveaway—two-inch and had a long and prodigious career, until his more than 300 of Nebraska’s ‘‘best and bright- squares of the long abandoned Hershey retirement in 2000. est’’ minority students. Sports Arena oak-wood court where Chamber- As an attorney, he worked tirelessly to me- lain scored those 100 points. diate between labor groups and their employ- Dr. Davis also helped acquire and disperse Leading the tributes in Philadelphia is Don- ers. He filled such roles as Permanent Umpire more than $385 thousand dollars in grants— ald Hunt, the respected and tireless sports- for the Ford Motor Co. and United Auto Work- to test a groundbreaking entrepreneurship writer for the Philadelphia Tribune, who has ers, Panel Member for U.S. Steel Corp. and education program in Omaha’s public schools. led efforts to commemorate the game and United Steel Workers; Panel Member for U.S. On the business front, the couple has have Wilt Chamberlain honored on a U.S. Postal Service and National Association of spearheaded a private capital fund to provide postage stamp. Keep putting up those shots, Letter Carriers; and Panel Member for the City Donald. seed money for minority-owned small busi- Basketball has come a long way since that of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Public Em- nesses. The program identifies promising evening a half century ago. The American ployees Union. small businesses, coaches them through game has gone global, from Belarus to China, In addition to his work as an arbitrator and growth, provides initial start-up funds, and from Argentina to Zaire, at the Olympics, on mediator, he was affiliated with many civic and stands behind them as they grow into their aircraft carriers, against garage walls and on a educational organizations in various capac- own creditworthiness and financial maturity. million playgrounds, wherever a hoop can ities. Attorney Hales served as the Chairman More than 86 businesses have gone through hang and a roundball sent skyward. Its heroes of the Board of Regents at the University of the process, and in the initial run, reported a and innovators are figures of historic and cul- Wisconsin in Madison, the Director of the As- default rate of less than 3 percent—an excel- tural import. Wilt Chamberlain, take a bow. sociation of Governing Boards of Universities lent rate, considering that the national trend f and Colleges in Washington, D.C. and the shows over half of these type of loans failing. Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL in Madison, WI as well as with several other These are just a sample of the myriad DEBT esteemed organizations. achievements and selfless actions in edu- Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize Attor- cation, community service, and wealth-building HON. MIKE COFFMAN ney Ed Hales for his lifelong contributions to endeavors that the couple has undertaken to OF COLORADO higher education, civic responsibility, and his leave an indelible mark on the economy and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES work to resolve conflict and mediate difficult future of my hometown. I am proud to recog- Monday, February 27, 2012 issues within the labor industry. nize and honor Dr. Dick C.E. Davis and Mrs. Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join Charon Davis for their service to our commu- on January 26, 1995, when the last attempt at me in paying tribute to Attorney Ed Hales. nity, and the nation.

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