The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“IN HONOR OF RICHARD KOWALCHIK” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1709 on Sept. 14, 1998.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
IN HONOR OF RICHARD KOWALCHIK
______
HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH
of ohio
in the house of representatives
Monday, September 14, 1998
Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the achievements of Richard Kowalchik, who has dedicated thirty years to government service.
Mr. Kowalchik has been an Ohio resident since 1942 when his parents moved to the Cleveland, Ohio area from Pennsylvania. He was educated in the Cleveland Public School System and earned degrees from both Ohio University and Western Michigan University.
On April 1, 1968, Mr. Kowalchik was hired as an Immigration Inspector with the Department of Justice, United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, in Cleveland Ohio. In 1973, he was promoted to the position of a Deportation Officer, where he served for over four years until he was selected as a Special Agent. In that Investigations Program, Mr. Kowalchik advanced to positions of Supervisory Special Agent, Senior Special Agent and Assistant District Director for Investigations. In 1989, he was promoted to Deputy District Director for the Cleveland District.
Through time and experience, Mr. Kowalchik earned respect and dignity from his coworkers. This respect and dignity earned him the right to serve on the Organized Crime Strike Force, working with the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. On August 31, 1998, Mr. Kowalchik retired as District Director and will be remembered in the workplace as a man of impeccable integrity and fairness.
My fellow colleagues, join me in honoring Mr. Kowalchik, a man who has benevolently dedicated and unselfishly given thirty years of service to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service's Cleveland District.
____________________
