[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3152]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING THE LATE JAMES H. SHACKLETT, JR., AN OUTSTANDING AMERICAN

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Fox] is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to 
highlight to my colleagues the outstanding American who has been a 
great leader in our community in Pennsylvania, who died this week and 
leaves behind a great legacy of achievement both in the business 
community and the civic community of Montgomery County, PA. His name 
was James H. Shacklett, Jr., internationally known in the label 
business and a devoted supporter of the Shriners Hospital for Crippled 
Children. He died this week in his Lafayette Hill home after a long 
illness.
  He was chairman of the National Label Co., a family-owned business 
where he previously served as president and chief executive officer. 
His labels that he designed were exclusive, and were for the 
pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and consumer electronics industry. He was the 
first American to serve as the director of FINAT, a worldwide printing 
and graphics arts association, and was director of the Tag and Label 
Manufacturers Institute of the United States.
  He assumed the head of operations of his family-owned company at the 
age of 26, after the death of his father. An outstanding graduate of 
the William Penn Charter School and the Carnegie Mellon University of 
Pittsburgh, he was a 32d degree Mason who served as chairman of the 
board of directors of Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia for 35 years, 
and was a director of the Masonic Homes in Lafayette Hills, which was 
really his vision and his dream. In 1978 he served as Potentate of the 
LuLu Temple Shrine Club in Plymouth Meeting.
  But above all, this was a compassionate man who cared deeply about 
his family, his community, his profession, and each individual he met 
and with whom he came in contact. He saw the good in everyone. He made 
sure that each individual reached their potential.
  He was a great father, a wonderful husband, a great grandfather. His 
philanthropy was legendary, and his altruism for children, for seniors, 
and for all those with whom he came in contact made him a living 
legend, someone who was a great friend to all, and he will be surely 
missed.
  But hopefully the memory of his outstanding service, his caring, his 
sincerity, and his business leadership principles will be followed for 
many years to come by those who read and hear about James Shacklett, 
Jr., a great American and someone who was a great friend to all.

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