[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 14 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E135]
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                      TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH O. BUSICK

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                        HON. JAMES C. GREENWOOD

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 31, 1996

  Mr. GREENWOOD. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to an 
outstanding businessman from the Eighth District of Pennsylvania upon 
the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his business, Delaware 
Landscape Stone and Delaware Quarries, Inc.
  Mr. Busick served in the Air Force in World War II and was decorated 
as a bomber pilot flying the Flying Fortress B-17.
  At the end of his active duty in 1946, Mr. Busick returned to Bucks 
County and started a small quarry in Mt. Pleasant. He continued to 
serve in the Air Force Reserve and retired as a lieutenant colonel in 
1969.
  In the intervening years his business grew from that small quarry to 
a company with four operational locations and between 80 and 125 
employees, depending upon the time of year. In 1955 Mr. Busick took 
over an abandoned quarry that has been in existence since 1758. In the 
first year of operation that quarry was flooded out, but Mr. Busick was 
undaunted and continued to work for the growth of his business. The 
company produces decorative stone of all kinds and also building stone 
for facades. Stone from these quarries graces universities, churches, 
and commercial buildings all over the country as well as private homes 
and garden walls. Mr. Busick also sells stone produced by other 
quarries throughout the United States.
  It was in 1972 that the company's newest operation was opened near 
Orlando, FL. That operation, called Pebble Junction, creates most of 
Disney World's stone work. Mr. Busick and his son, J. Kevan Busick, who 
is now CBO of the business, have recently created a park in Sanford, 
FL. The park which is open to the public is beautified with waterfalls, 
ponds and landscaping stone from their quarries.
  Joe Busick continues to be active in the business with his son, 
Kevan, but he is also an avid gardener and staunch defender of the 
environment. He has turned more than 300 acres of his own land into a 
wildlife preserve to protect animals from the rapid development taking 
place in our district.
  Mr. Busick has contributed much to our communities through his 
successful business and through his many other endeavors.

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