[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 28 (Monday, March 16, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E378]
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                    TRIBUTE TO DR. C.M. (NED) WHALEN

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 16, 1998

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Dr. E.M. 
(Ned) Whalen, who has been designated as the ``Man of the Year'' by the 
Greater Pittston Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in Wilkes-Barre, 
Pennsylvania. The Friendly Sons will honor Dr. Whalen at their annual 
St. Patrick's Day banquet on March 17, 1998. I am honored to have been 
asked to participate in this event.
  Dr. Whalen, the son of the late Raymond and Kate McLaughlin Whalen, 
was born in 1916. A captain in the Army in World War II, Dr. Whalen 
received the Bronze Star and Bronze Medal Cluster for his service.
  After graduating from Temple University Medical School in 1942, Dr. 
Whalen practiced general medicine in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania from 
1946 to 1954. He then did a residency in psychiatry at Danville State 
Hospital and practiced psychiatry until his retirement in 1989.
  In 1968, he was made a fellow in the Pennsylvania Psychiatry 
Association and in 1973, he was made a fellow in the national 
association.
  Mr. Speaker, Dr. Whalen devotes much of his time to community 
service. He is a member of the board of directors of the Glen Summit 
Association, the Georgetown Settlement House, the Council House, and 
the Luzerne/Wyoming Counties Mental Health/Mental Retardation 
Association.
  I applaud the Friendly Sons choice of Dr. Ned Whalen as this year's 
honoree and I am pleased to have the chance to bring his 
accomplishments to the attention of my colleagues.

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