[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 35 (Thursday, March 24, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: March 24, 1994]
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             JOSEPH KASAPIS HONORED FOR LIFETIME OF SERVICE

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 24, 1994

  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I am deeply saddened to rise today to 
bring to the attention of my colleagues the sad passing on January 28 
of Joseph Kasapis, a great Greek-American and an important member of my 
community in Astoria, NY. Mr. Kasapis was survived by his wife Sultana, 
their son and daughter, and one granddaughter.
  Mr. Kasapis was born in Greece in 1928. He served in the Greek Army 
from 1951 to 1954, and then as an economist in the Ministry of Commerce 
for Greek Government.
  In 1959, he married his lovely bride and emigrated to this country. 
In the 35 years that he lived in this country, Mr. Kasapis was actively 
involved in issues of importance to the Greek-American community. At 
various times during his lifetime of service to these causes, he was a 
founding member and subsequently the president of the Thessalonikian 
Society of New York, a member of the St. Demetrios of Astoria Church 
Council, governor of the Pan Macedonian Association of Greater New 
York, supreme president of the Pan Macedonian Association of the United 
States and Canada, chairman and then president of the Federation of 
Hellenic American Societies, and a founding member of the National 
Hellenic Council of America.
  As you can see, his achievements speak for themselves. But what no 
encapsulation of his career can adequately capture is the fact that 
Joseph Kasapis was a man who loved the land where he was born and his 
adopted homeland with equal fervor. That's why I hope my colleagues 
will take a moment with me now to express our deepest sympathies to Mr. 
Kasapis' family and many friends.

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