Mr. Speaker. I rise today to recognize Eugene Slay. a fine member of the St. Louis Community in my home state of Missouri. Mr. Slay is the son of immigrant grandparents. who came from Lebanon to settie in the city of Saint Louis. In 1920. Genes grandfather. John Slay. created Slay Industries. a shipping company that has been a great addition to the areas proud legacy of transportation commerce. Gene Slay gathered the reins of the institution in 1952. and ever since has blazed the corporation down a path of success. currently employing more than 800 persons and deriving an annual revenue of more than $100 million.
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