[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 112 (Friday, August 3, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1540]
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                          JOHN TERRANA HONORED

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 2, 2001

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call the attention of the 
House of Representatives to the hard work and achievements of my very 
good friend, Attorney John J. Terrana of Kingston, Pennsylvania, who 
will be honored on August 24, 2001, as Past President of the Wilkes-
Barre Chapter of U.N.I.C.O. John's deep love of his Italian heritage 
makes it especially fitting that he is being honored by this fine 
organization of Italian-Americans.
  Attorney Terrana is a 1970 graduate of St. John the Evangelist School 
in Pittston and earned his bachelor of arts degree in government and 
politics from King's College in 1974. In 1981, he served as a 
legislative assistant to former Congressman Ray Musto and was admitted 
to practice before the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, the 
Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Middle 
District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
  John earned his doctor of jurisprudence degree from the George Mason 
University School of Law in 1982 and established his private practice 
of law in Luzerne County. He was inducted into membership in the 
Wilkes-Barre Chapter of U.N.I.C.O. in 1988 and has served at various 
times on the chapter board of directors, in addition to serving as co-
chairman of the Miss U.N.I.C.O. pageant for 10 years.
  Last year, when the chapter elected him its president, he also 
attained the honor of being inducted the Million Dollar Advocates' 
Forum, an organization whose membership is restricted to trial lawyers 
who have successfully tried a case which resulted in a verdict or award 
in excess of one million dollars.
  John's sense of humor and warm personality have made him a popular 
toastmaster and speaker at many events throughout Northeastern 
Pennsylvania. Everyone who knows John is well-familiar with his 
devotion to his family.
  Attorney Terrana is the son of Dolores Terrana and the late Angelo 
Terrana and the brother of my former district director, Attorney Joe 
Terrana, as well as Attorney Angelo Terrana and Rosemary Dessoye, 
executive vice president of the Pittston Chamber of Commerce. John and 
his wife, the former Antoinette Farano, have three children, Katie, 
Julie and John Charles.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to call to the attention of the House of 
Representatives the hard work and achievements of Attorney John 
Terrana, and I wish him all the best.

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