[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 49 (Friday, April 26, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E636]
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                 RECOGNITION OF DR. EARLE NOBLE WAGNER

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                         HON. JOSEPH M. HOEFFEL

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 25, 2002

  Mr. HOEFFEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Dr. Earle 
Noble Wagner of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, on his installment as the 
90th President of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association. Dr. 
Wagner has distinguished himself as a dedicated physician who continues 
providing exemplary family medicine.
  Following his graduation from Cheltenham High School, Dr. Wagner 
attended Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, where he graduated 
in 1951. He went on to graduate from the Philadelphia College of 
Osteopathic Medicine.
  Since 1956 Dr. Wagner has been in family practice. He has served five 
hospitals and continues to be on the staff of the Jeanes Hospital where 
he is the Chairman of the Family Practice Department and a member of 
the Executive Council. He has also served as the Medical Director of 
the Luther Woods Convalescent Center for twenty-three years.
  Dr. Wagner has been a trustee-at-large of the Pennsylvania Medical 
Association and a delegate to the American Osteopathic Association. He 
has received many awards throughout his long career including the 
Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society Family Physician of 
the Year Award in 1999.
  Dr. Wagner and his wife Helga, have been good friends of mine for 
many years. I am truly honored to recognize Dr. Earle Noble Wagner for 
all of his hard work, dedication and significant achievements.

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