[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 55 (Friday, March 24, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E688-E689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


              CONGRATULATIONS TO JUDGE NICHOLAS TSOUCALAS

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                         HON. THOMAS J. MANTON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 24, 1995
  Mr. MANTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join the Queens Borough 
Lodge No. 878 in honoring Judge Nicholas Tsoucalas, Judge of the United 
States Court of International Trade, for his service to his community, 
his County, and the Second Department.
  A native of New York City, Judge Tsoucalas, began his education in 
the public elementary and secondary schools of New York City. He 
continued his higher education of Kent State University where he 
received a 
[[Page E689]] B.S. degree in business administration in 1949. In 1951, 
he received an LL.B. from New York Law School where he also took 
graduate courses in immigrant law and federal practice and procedure.
  Mr. Speaker, Judge Tsoucalas also has a distinguished military 
career. In 1944, Judge Tsoucalas entered the Navy where he served our 
country until 1946 as a radio operator on board APD and transport 
vessels in the European Theater of War as well as the Caribbean and 
North Atlantic. When the Korean conflict erupted 1951, he reentered the 
Navy and served on aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Wasp, until December 1952.
  Mr. Speaker, following his service in the military, Judge Tsoucalas 
was admitted to the New York bar in April 1953. He specialized in 
immigration and admiralty law. Judge Tsoucalas has had a varied and 
distinguished legal career. Some of these positions include assistant 
U.S. attorney for Southern District of New York from 1955-59, appointed 
supervisor of the 1960 census for the 17th and 18th congressional 
districts in 1959, and finally, his appointment as Judge of the U.S. 
Court of International Trade by President Ronald Reagan on September 9, 
1985.
  In additional to his prestigious political and legal work, Judge 
Tsoucalas has been very active in his church and community. He is the 
former president of the board of directors of the Greek Orthodox Church 
of Evangelismos, and a member of the St. John's Theologos Society. 
Further, he was a member of the executive committee of the Republican 
Party of New York County. Judge Tsoucalas is married to Catherine 
Tsoucalas and has two lovely daughters, Stephanie (Mrs. Daniel 
Turriago) and Georgia (Mrs. Christopher Argyrople).
  Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues join me in commending Judge 
Nicholas Tsoucalas, for his outstanding legal career and his commitment 
and dedication to his community, church and family.


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