Mr. Speaker. I rise today to honor the extraordinary life of an outstanding member of the Bay Area community. Mr. Don Jelinek. With his passing on March 23. 2016. we honor his commitment and service to our community. Mr. Don Jelinek was born Feb. 17. 1934 in Bronx. New York. the proud son of two Jewish immigrants. His heritage. culture. education. and experience played key roles in the man he became. He attended the Bronx High School of Science and later New York University where he received both his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctorate. In 1955. he moved to a tenement in Greenwich Village where he worked as a janitor in exchange for rent.
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