[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 144 (Thursday, October 6, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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        TRIBUTE TO JOHN SWOPE, NEW HAMPSHIRE CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

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                            HON. DICK SWETT

                            of new hampshire

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 6, 1994

  Mr. SWETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to John Swope, 
who was recently named ``Distinguished Citizen of the Year'' in 
Concord, NH.
  John, an outstanding granite stater and a dear friend, has 
exemplified outstanding citizenship in business, education, social 
services, and the arts.
  After graduating from Yale Law School in 1963, John and his wife, 
Majority, moved to Concord where he began working as an attorney for a 
company that would later become Chubb Life. In 1977 he was made 
president, where he delivered his message of social responsibility 
throughout the ranks of employees while directing what has become one 
of the Nation's premier and innovative insurers.
  John has backed up his message with an active example. He has served 
as president of the United Way of Merrimack County, founder and chair 
of the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts in Concord, vice 
chair of the Currier Gallery of Art in Manchester, director of the 
Health Insurance Association of America, director of the Business and 
Industry Association of New Hampshire, and vice chair of the New 
England Foundation for the Arts in Cambridge, MA.
  He has worked with the New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance 
Foundation, the Shaker Village in Canterbury, and the Capitol Region 
Health Care Corp. He is a former president and current member of the 
New Hampshire Public Television's board of governors. He is also a 
trustee for the Capitol Center for the Arts, and a director of the 
Public Broadcasting Service.
  John has been named Business Leader of the Year by Business New 
Hampshire magazine, Outstanding Northern New England Philanthropist, 
and has been given the Granite State Award presented by the University 
System of New Hampshire.
  He is the father of three outstanding boys. I have had the honor and 
pleasure of having two or them serve on my staff. They were a 
tremendous asset and have obviously inherited many of their father's 
fine qualities.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 
achievement of John Swope, an example of an impressive and dedicated 
citizen.

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