[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 142 (Monday, November 4, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1975]
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                        MARY ANN KEIRANS HONORED

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, November 4, 2002

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call the attention of the 
House of Representatives to the service to the community of Mary Ann 
Keirans from the Visiting Nurse Association in Luzerne County, 
Pennsylvania. Having worked hard to improve the lives of thousands of 
people in the community, she will be honored November 5 on the occasion 
of her retirement.
  She holds a master of business administration from Wilkes University, 
a master of arts in public health nursing administration from Columbia 
University and a bachelor of science in nursing, from Cornell 
University-New York Hospital School of Nursing.
  For more than 33 years, Mary Ann Keirans has dedicated herself to the 
mission of the Visiting Nurse Association, which has changed names 
several times over the years. She began working for the association in 
1969 and has served as its administrator since August 1975.
  Mr. Speaker, her professional activities and instances of community 
involvement are too numerous to list them all here. To give a few 
examples of her dedication, she has served on the board of directors of 
the Pennsylvania Association of Home Health Agencies for 28 years, 
including as the board's president, second vice president and 
treasurer, and chairing numerous committees of the board.
  Additionally, she is a member of the board of directors of the 
Visiting Nurse Associations of Pennsylvania and MMI Preparatory School, 
as well as a member of the Business School Advisory Council at King's 
College. She is also a member of the founding board of directors of 
Leadership Wilkes-Barre and a member of its steering and program 
committee, as well as a member of the Women's Executive Council of the 
Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry.
  Given her dedication, Mr. Speaker, you will not be surprised to learn 
that Mary Ann Keirans has received several awards, including the 
Pennsylvania Association of Home Health Agencies Member of the Year 
Award in 1985 and its President's Award in 1995, as well as the 1987 
Athena Award for Outstanding Professional Woman of the Year from the 
Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry. She is also 
active in numerous civic organizations and in church activities.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to call to the attention of the House of 
Representatives the long record of service to the community of Mary Ann 
Keirans, and I wish her all the best.




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