[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 135 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1928-E1929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      A TRIBUTE TO DAVID N. PINCUS

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                        HON. THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 2, 1997

  Mr. FOGLIETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to David N. 
Pincus, a Philadelphian whose generosity and spirit of caring is 
recognized around the world.
  David Pincus was born in Philadelphia in 1926. After graduating from 
Philadelphia's Central High School, David served in the Navy and upon 
his return, finished up his degree at Pennsylvania State University in 
1948. Later that year, David went to work at Filene's in Boston where 
he learned the ropes of the retail clothing business. In 1950, he 
returned to Philadelphia and began working in the family-owned Pincus 
Brothers apparel manufacturing company, which had been founded by this 
father, Nathan, and four of David's uncles back in 1910.
  Back in Philadelphia, Pincus settled in an apartment downtown and 
began volunteering two or three nights a week at Children's Hospital. 
It was there that he first saw children suffering. It was an experience 
that had a profound effect on him, and one which would eventually lead 
him to pursue a program of philanthropy and personal intervention on 
behalf of suffering children world-wide.
  Since taking over as CEO of the family clothing business, David 
Pincus has kept the

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company profitable in a time when clothing manufacturing in 
Philadelphia has been in decline. But apart from being a successful 
businessman, David Pincus has distinguished himself as an exceptional 
humanitatian. Several times a year, Pincus, as a member of the CARE 
board of overseers and a board member of the International Red Cross, 
puts his business in capable hands and flies off to some of the world's 
most troubled areas to provide aid to children who are the innocent 
victims of war, famine, and staggering poverty. Since the 1980's he has 
visited children in Bangladesh, Bosnia, Croatia, Haiti, Rwanda, 
Romania, Ethiopia, and the Sudan, among others. On his birthdays, he 
has made a tradition of taking gifts to less fortunate children.
  David Pincus commits these acts of generosity and caring not out of a 
desire for recognition, but because of a strong sense of moral 
responsibility and because it makes him feel good knowing that he can 
help ease the suffering of those less fortunate than himself.
  Mr. Speaker, in recognition of his contributions to the city of 
Philadelphia and his commitment to making the world a better place for 
children, I ask that my colleagues join me today in honoring Mr. David 
N. Pincus.

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