[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 81 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1092]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               BILL BRADY HONORED FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 22, 2000

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to my good 
friend Bill Brady, who will retire June 30 after serving 19 years as 
the postmaster of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and with a total of 40 
years and one month of government service.
  Bill is truly an example of a dedicated public servant who has taken 
on as his mission in life the efficient delivery of mail, and he has 
become an institution in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
  Mr. Brady is a graduate of Duryea High School and a four-year veteran 
of the Air Force. He received his bachelor of science degree from the 
University of Scranton in 1971.
  Mr. Brady began his postal career as a distribution clerk in Scranton 
in January 1966. In 1973, he became a U.S. postal inspector and was 
stationed in Illinois, New York and Wilkes-Barre. In 1980, he left the 
Inspection Service and became manager of retail sales and services at 
the Wilkes-Barre sectional facility office. In April 1981, he went to 
the post office in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, as superintendent of postal 
operations, and served for six months in that position before assuming 
his present duties.
  During his career at Wilkes-Barre, he has also been assigned to 
higher-level positions as acting director of mail processing at the 
Lehigh Valley Postal Facility, director of field operations for the 
Harrisburg Division and director of marketing for the Harrisburg 
Division.
  As the Postal Service has changed and become more technologically 
advanced, Bill has adapted, always keeping customer service uppermost 
in his mind.
  Mr. Brady is a past president of the Luzerne County Chapter of 
Postmasters and is a member of the National Association of Postmasters 
of the United States, having served as national chairman of the 
Postmaster Representative Committee for four years. He is also a member 
of Pennsylvania NAPUS Postmasters and has been active in numerous 
professional associations during his postal career.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to call Mr. Brady's public service to the 
attention of the House of Representatives, and I send my best wishes on 
the occasion of his retirement.

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