[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 65 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E759]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 IN HONOR OF BISHOP OZRO T. JONES, JR.

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                           HON. CHAKA FATTAH

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 9, 1996

  Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, Bishop Ozro T. Jones, Jr. is to receive the 
1995 Poor Richard Club Gold Medal at a formal dinner in his honor on 
May 10, 1996.
  Bishop Jones is the second African-American to receive this award. 
The first was Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert N.C. Nix, 
Jr. Other gold medal awardees have included: Thacher Longstreth, Edward 
J. Piszek [Mrs. Paul's Foods], Sam McKeel [Philadelphia Inquirer], Lee 
Iacocca, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Bob Hope, 
Walt Disney, Claire Booth Luce, Rogers & Hammerstein, and many others.
  Bishop Jones preached his first sermon at 14, was ordained by his 
father, Bishop Ozro T. Jones, Sr. at 16, was a missionary to Africa 
[Liberia] and associate minister in Monrovia in 1949. Bishop Jones 
received a doctor of sacred theology [STD] degree from Temple 
University. He is a board member of the American Bible Society. He was 
elected as a member of the board of regents or Oral Roberts University 
in 1990. He currently serves as pastor, Holy Temple Church of God in 
Christ in West Philadelphia. He is a general board member and presiding 
Bishop, Church of God In Christ, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
jurisdiction.
  Bishop Jones is also a member of the Poor Richard Club. The Poor 
Richard Club is reportedly America's oldest club of advertising, 
communication, and business professionals. It was founded on March 15, 
1906. In 1926, the Poor Richard Club conceived the idea of a Benjamin 
Franklin Memorial Building. In just 2 weeks, the club raised $5,000,000 
for the project. On May 15, 1934, the memorial building was officially 
opened. That building is now called the Franklin Institute. The club 
has international members in Belgium, England, Bermuda, Haiti, South 
Africa, and Spain, and reciprocal clubs in London, Barcelona, Milan, 
and Czechoslovakia. In 1987 the club presented the International Medal 
to Bermuda Premier John Swan. In 1992, the second International Medal 
was presented to Chinese dissident and astrophysicist Fang Liz Hi.
  We congratulate Bishop Jones on being included in the most 
illustrious group, and we look forward to his continued involvement in, 
and service to the city of Philadelphia.

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