[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 137 (Thursday, October 17, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1881]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                        WALTER GLOGOWSKI HONORED

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 16, 2002

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call the attention of the 
House of Representatives to the honoring of Walter Glogowski at the 
Organized Labor 2002 Dinner to be held on October 24 by the Greater 
Wilkes-Barre Labor Council and the Northeast Alliance Pennsylvania 
Retirees District 3. He will be honored for his many years of dedicated 
and outstanding service to the local labor movement and the community.
  He was born September 16, 1936, and is a 1955 graduate of Plymouth 
High School. He earned a bachelor of science in education from Wilkes 
College in 1959 and earned his master's equivalency in 1974. He 
graduated from Leadership Wilkes-Barre in 1983.
  He taught at Plymouth Junior High School from 1959 to 1964 and at 
Dallas Junior High School from 1964 to 1974, when he became the 
Pennsylvania State Education Association/National Education Association 
Uniserv representative, a post he held for 25 years. He was named PSEA 
Regional Field Director in 2000 and continues to serve in that 
position.
  He is a past board member of the United Way of the Wyoming Valley, 
Leadership Wilkes-Barre, Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre and the Back 
Mountain Communications Center. He has also served as a member and 
chairman of the Jackson Township Board of Supervisors, president of the 
Leadership Wilkes-Barre Alumni Association and a member of the Greater 
Wilkes-Barre Advisory Committee on Economic Growth and the Economic 
Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania. His other numerous 
community activities include serving on the Advisory Board for Blue 
Cross/Blue Shield of Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Jackson Township 
Recreation Park Board, the Citizens' Advisory Committee of the State 
Correctional Institution at Dallas and the Partners in Education 
Committee of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce.
  Not surprisingly, Mr. Speaker, he has been recognized with numerous 
awards, including the Distinguished Service Award from United 
Rehabilitation Services, the Distinguished Leadership Award from 
Leadership Wilkes-Barre, the Labor Award from the United Way of the 
Wyoming Valley and the Greater Wilkes-Barre Area Labor Management CAP 
Award.
  He is a member of the Wilkes University Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa 
and numerous other organizations and became a life member of the 
National Registry of Who's Who in 2001.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to call to the attention of the House of 
Representatives the achievements and service to the community of Walter 
Glogowski, and I wish him all the best.

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