Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to give thanks to someone who has positively impacted the lives of a generation of students and untold generations to come in Pennsylvania's 11th Congressional District. Alex Munro has retired after 30 years as executive director of the Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Foundation and Alumni Association. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is known across the State and across the Nation as a preeminent 2-year degree-granting institution, which prepares students for today's in-demand technical jobs. Prior to serving the college, Alex graduated from the school then known as the Thaddeus Stevens Trade School, and he talked many times about how it changed his life. He studied masonry at the school. After 25 years in the private sector, successfully applying those skills and the lessons that he learned at Thaddeus Stevens, Alex joined the alumni foundation board before becoming the foundation's executive director in 1990. Alex has been integral to the advancement of the school, building relationships with elected officials and industry leaders to support expansion of the school's mission and programs. Alex is known for saying: ``Changing lives is not by chance; it is a tradition at Stevens.'' That is a tradition that he has dedicated himself to for the past 30 years. I personally have worked with Alex for a number of years, and I have always appreciated his efforts and candor.…”