[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 32 (Monday, March 21, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: March 21, 1994]
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                        TRIBUTE TO BOB THOMPSON

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                            HON. CURT WELDON

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 21, 1994

  Mr. WELDON. Mr. Speaker, this week is an important milestone for 
Robert J. Thompson, a distinguished gentleman from Chester County, PA. 
His friends and colleagues will come together to wish him well as he 
enters semiretirement. Bob Thompson is an individual who has had an 
extraordinarily successful career in both business and public service.
  Most recently, Bob was president of the Chester County Chamber of 
Business and Industry, where he was a forceful advocate for local 
business. Bob previously served as a Chester County Commissioner, 
including 4 years as chairman of the board of commissioners. He also 
was a member and chairman of the board of directors of the Southeastern 
Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, and a vice president of Fidelity 
Bank.
  Bob has also been a member of the board of the Chester County 
Hospital, the Chester County Historical Society, the Chester County 
unit of the American Cancer Society, and the YMCA of Central Chester 
County. He was cofounder of an adolescent suicide prevention group and 
serves on the board of the Chester County Youth Expo.
  He is an elder of the First Presbyterian Church of West Chester and a 
member of the Rotary Club of Westtown-Goshen.
  Bob Thompson is the rare individual who can undertake a business 
career, public service, and civic involvement and be successful with 
each endeavor. I commend him for his achievements and wish him and his 
wife, Nancy, much happiness for their future.

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