Mr. Speaker. I rise today to ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the memory of Walter Hawrylak. Mr. Hawrylak. a resident of Irondequoit. NY. was a supreme advisor of the Ukrainian National Association [UNA] and a leader in the Ukrainian community of Rochester. NY%. for over 30 years. On July 25. 1987. Walter Hawrylak died at the age of 74. Mr. Hawrylak emigrated to the United States from Rohatyn. Ukraine. in 1939. After arriving in Rochester. NY. he taught himself English by using a dictionary. In recalling his first glimpse of America. Mr. Hawrylak once said "We went past the Statue of Liberty * * *.
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