[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 2 (Thursday, January 7, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E46]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          TRIBUTE TO JOE MORAN

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 6, 1999

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
distinguished educator from Northeastern Pennsylvania, Joe Moran. This 
month, Joe's colleagues, family, and students will gather to honor him 
as he retires. I am pleased to have been asked to participate in this 
tribute.
  Joe Moran grew up in Luzerne County and had a distinguished athletic 
career at the University of Scranton. After earning his degree, he went 
to work as an engineer for Martin Aircraft of Baltimore, Maryland. Not 
long afterwards, Joe became a teacher in New Jersey and in 1959, he 
returned to Wilkes-Barre to teach. Joe spent twenty-four years as a 
physics teacher and coach at Coughlin High School. During Joe's tenure 
as coach, Coughlin's football team went to seven city championships and 
one Wyoming Valley Conference championship. As a result, Joe was named 
coach of the year in 1960 and 1966. He also led the track and field 
team to several championships. From 1973 to 1978, he was the Athletic 
Director at Coughlin High School. He later coached the defensive line 
at Wilkes College, helping to garner three Mid-Atlantic Conference 
crowns.
  In 1982, Coughlin High School made Joe an Assistant Principal and he 
helped integrate computers into the academic program. A few years 
later, Joe became principal of the G.A.R. Memorial Junior High School, 
also in Wilkes-Barre. There, he was instrumental in establishing the 
state-of-the-art technology center. In 1998, he became principal of the 
High School.
  Joe's love of sports and long career has helped shape the nature of 
high school athletics in the Wyoming Valley. He cofounded the 
Scholastic Tennis conference and was Co-Commissioner of the Wyoming 
Valley Track and Field Conference for two decades. He organized the 
first junior high girls track meet in the state. He served on the State 
Committee for Scholastic Football, the Commission of the Wyoming Valley 
Football Conference, and the Eastern Football Conference. Joe has been 
a swimming official for more than twenty years and was executive 
director of the Wyoming Valley Track and Field Officials Association. 
During this time, he and his wife, Fran, have raised six children who 
have, in turn, produced six grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, Joe Moran deserves our gratitude for the dedication he 
has shown our area youth for almost forty years. Not only is he an 
educator and administrator, but he is an inspiration to our young 
athletes. I am proud to join with his family, his friends, and the 
community in congratulating Joe on a job well done. I send him my very 
best wishes for a happy and healthy retirement.

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