[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 40 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E583]
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                     TRIBUTE TO JAMES D. DOUGHERTY

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 8, 1997

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
James D. Dougherty, who is stepping down as president of the Gramercy 
Neighborhood Associates [GNA]. Mr. Dougherty has served as GNA's 
president since 1990.
  Over the past 7 years, as a result of Mr. Dougherty's leadership and 
vision, GNA has helped improve the Gramercy Park neighborhood in many 
ways. Among the GNA initiatives undertaken during his tenure, there are 
two I would like to note. GNA worked to replace 24 cobra lampposts with 
the more attractive and historically appropriate Bishop's Crook 
lampposts. Additionally, GNA published the award-winning book, 
``Gramercy: Its Architectural Surroundings,'' which is playing a 
pivotal role in the drive to expand the Gramercy Park Historic 
District.
  Mr. Dougherty first moved to the Gramercy area in 1960 when he was 
attending Columbia Law School. After 8 years of practicing law on Wall 
Street, Mr. Dougherty joined Pathmark Supermarkets, Inc., as a lawyer. 
In 1987, he was appointed president of Pathmark.
  Mr. Dougherty's volunteer work does not stop with GNA. Since his 
retirement from Pathmark in 1990, Mr. Dougherty has also taken an 
active role in the environment. He served as the chairman of the Nature 
Conservancy chapter on the east end of Long Island and as a director of 
the New York League of Conservation Voters.
  Mr. Dougherty has also applied his retail experience to several State 
Department volunteer assignments. He spent a month in Latvia in 1992, 
during the first winter of its independence from the Soviet Union, 
helping to establish new distribution channels for scarce food and 
medical supplies. In 1996, he spent 2 months in Siberia advising a 
Russian retail chain in the design and opening of its first 
supermarket.
   Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor James Dougherty, a man who has used 
his expertise and leadership to serve his own community and the 
communities of others around the world. I ask my colleagues to join me 
today in this well deserved tribute to Mr. James Dougherty.

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