[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 18 (Friday, January 28, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E75]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING THE HONORABLE DANIEL A. MANION ON HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY

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                          HON. JACKIE WALORSKI

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 28, 2022

  Mrs. WALORSKI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Honorable 
Daniel A. Manion as he celebrates his 80th birthday. A lifelong 
Hoosier, Judge Manion has devoted his life to serving our community and 
our great nation.
  Judge Manion has deep roots in northern Indiana and has played an 
important part in our region's history. He was born on February 1, 
1942, in South Bend to his parents, Clarence and Virginia Manion. Judge 
Manion graduated from Culver Military Academy in 1960. At Culver, he 
participated with the Black Horse Troop in the Inaugural Parade for 
President Dwight Eisenhower in 1957.
  Judge Manion matriculated to the University of Notre Dame in 1960, 
where he was a member of the University's ROTC. During his senior year, 
he served as Brigade Commander and received the Father John J. 
Cavanaugh Award. At Notre Dame, Judge Manion was a member of the 
wrestling and lacrosse teams. He was also a three-time champion of the 
annual Bengal Bouts boxing tournament. Judge Manion graduated from the 
University of Notre Dame in 1964 with a degree in Political Science.
  Following college graduation, he was a Lieutenant in the United 
States Army from 1965 to 1966, serving a tour of duty in Vietnam. 
Later, Judge Manion served as the Director of Industrial Development 
for the Indiana Department of Commerce from 1969-1973 and earned a 
Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Indiana University in 1973. He then 
served as Indiana's Deputy Attorney General from 1973 to 1974.
  In 1978, Judge Manion was elected to the Indiana Senate, where he 
served until 1982. An avid runner, he earned a reputation for jogging 
door to door across his district to meet Hoosiers.
  Judge Manion practiced law at Doran, Manion, Boynton, Kamm & Esmont 
from 1974 to 1986, when he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to 
serve as a circuit judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He 
was confirmed in November 1986 and served as an active judge until 
December 2007 when he took senior status. He still serves in this 
capacity, regularly hearing appeals.
  During his tenure on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge 
Manion has authored numerous opinions. Additionally, he has mentored 65 
law clerks, several of whom have gone on to become judges. Most 
notably, Judge Manion is the only currently sitting Judge on the 
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to have one of his former law clerks 
as a colleague--the Honorable Judge Michael B. Brennan. After taking 
senior status, Judge Manion also was succeeded as an active judge on 
the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals by the Honorable Supreme Court 
Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
  Judge Manion is married to his wife, Ann, who serves as President of 
the Women's Care Center. He has four children; Mary (husband, Tom), 
Katherine (husband, Joey), Patrick, and Michael; two grandchildren and 
two more on the way. Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate the 
Honorable Daniel A. Manion and his entire family on this momentous 
occasion of his 80th birthday.

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