{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-1996-10-21-pt1-PgS12423-2", "1996-10-21", 104, 2, null, null, "RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE BY WILLIAM DANTE BUCCI", "SENATE", "SENATE", "RECOGNIZING", "S12423", "S12424", "[{\"name\": \"Rick Santorum\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "142 Cong. Rec. S12423", "Congressional Record, Volume 142 Issue 143 (Monday, October 21, 1996)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 143 (Monday, October 21, 1996)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S12423-S12424]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n  RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE BY\n                          WILLIAM DANTE BUCCI\n\n Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I have been made aware of plans\nto honor Mr. William Dante Bucci next month and I would like to take\nthe opportunity to share with my colleagues the outstanding achievement\nand distinguished service he has displayed.\n  Not only has Mr. Bucci displayed a high level of professional\nachievement and concern for his community, but he has also celebrated\nhis family's heritage. Mr. Bucci was born in Philadelphia, PA, and has\nbeen a member of the Order Sons of Italy in America, Grand Lodge of\nPennsylvania, since 1 year of age. In fact, Bill is the longest\ncontinuously active member of the Ivy Ridge Lodge 251.\n  William Bucci is a 1974 cum laude graduate of Roman Catholic High\nSchool of Philadelphia, where he earned the Thomas E. Cahill Merit\nAward for outstanding achievement as a senior. Bill then earned a\ncongressional appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy receiving a\nbachelor of science degree in 1982.\n  Following his graduation from the Naval Academy and his naval\nservice, Bill then demonstrated a high level of achievement in the\nworld of business. After being Market Executive of the Year with the\nXerox Corp. in Philadelphia, Bill was named a full partner and first\nvice president at age 29 in the brokerage firm Smith, Barney, Harris\nUpham & Co., Inc. William is a three-time winner of Smith, Barney's\nBroker of the Year Award and is a life member of their President's\nClub. In 1992, William joined Shearson Lehman Bros. as a senior vice\npresident. Following the purchase of Shearson Lehman Bros. by Smith,\nBarney, Bill was recruited by Prudential Securities Inc. in Bala\nCynwyd, PA, where he is now a senior vice president.\n  William Bucci's commitment to serving his community is well known to\nthose that have had the opportunity to interact with him. Bill has\nserved as junior varsity basketball coach for the Cardinals of\nDougherty High School in the Philadelphia Catholic League. In addition,\nhe was a head coach for 10 years in the Philadelphia Archdiocese CYO\nprogram. Not surprisingly, Bill has been recognized by his coaching\npeers as the league's all-star coach on three different occasions.\n  William Bucci's connection to the Order Sons of Italy in America is\nwell cemented. He is the grandson of Francesco Bucci, past president of\nthe Giulio Caesar Lodge 612 O.S.I.A., and Giuseppe Mercurio, a founder\nand charter member of the Ivy Ridge Lodge 251, O.S.I.A. His list of\ncredentials in the Order Sons of Italy in America is truly impressive.\nFor instance, Bill has served or currently does serve in the following\ncapacities: third vice president for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;\na trustee, O.S.I.A. Charitable\n\n[[Page S12424]]\n\nand Education Trust; member, Pennsylvania State Finance Committee;\nserved as chairman for the Purple Aster Awards Ball souvenir program\nbook for 1995; member, national membership committee; member, national\nfund raiser committee; ex-officio delegate to the national convention;\nthree-term past president, Ivy Lodge 251, of which he has served as\nvice president and as trustee.\n  Mr. President, I am extremely pleased to say that William Dante Bucci\nis a constituent of mine. Mr. Bucci has been, and will continue to be,\na community leader and standard bearer for Italian Americans.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-1996-10-21-pt1-PgS12423-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 10.867842938750982, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}