[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 22 (Thursday, February 6, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E166]
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 ATTORNEY MURRAY UFBERG CHOSEN FOR B'NAI B'RITH COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 5, 2003

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call the attention of the 
House of Representatives to the selection of my good friend Attorney 
Murray Ufberg for the prestigious Community Service Award by the 
Seligman J. Strauss Lodge of B'nai B'rith of Wilkes-Barre. He will be 
presented with the award at the lodge's 57th annual Lincoln Day Dinner 
on February 9, 2003.
  Murray is a very fitting choice for this award. In addition to his 
active role in local government and economic development, his deep 
commitment to Northeastern Pennsylvania and his leadership in one of 
the most prominent and well-respected law firms in the area, he is a 
leader in the region's Jewish community.
  I have known Murray for more than 30 years and have enormous respect 
for his legal ability as well as his dedication to improving the 
community.
  He was born July 30, 1943, in Danville, Pennsylvania. He graduated 
from Wyoming Seminary in 1960, earned a bachelor of arts from Bucknell 
University in 1964 and graduated with a juris doctor degree from the 
Duquesne University School of Law in 1968.
  Murray has risen to the rank of managing partner with Rosenn, Jenkins 
& Greenwald in Wilkes-Barre. From 1991 to 1994, he served as chairman 
of the hearing committee of the disciplinary board of the Pennsylvania 
Supreme Court.
  Examples of his dedication to community service abound. They include 
his service as chairman of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Partnership, Inc., 
from 2000 to the present; and chairman of the Community Relations 
Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Wilkes-Barre, 1993 to 1997 
and from 2000 to the present; and a member of the board of trustees of 
College Misericordia and the board of directors of the Jewish 
Federation of Greater Wilkes-Barre, the Jewish Community Center of the 
Wyoming Valley, and WVIA-TV/FM/HDTV.
  Murray is also past chairman of the board of directors of the United 
Way of the Wyoming Valley, from 1992 to 1994, and its general campaign 
in 1990. He is also past president of the Ohav Zedek Synagogue in 
Wilkes-Barre, from 1986 to 1988; the Jewish Community Center of the 
Wyoming Valley, from 1982 to 1983; the Seligman J. Strauss Lodge of 
B'nai B'rith, from 1970 to 1974; and the Duquesne University School of 
Law Alumni Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania, from 1997 to 1999.
  He and his beautiful and gracious wife Margery have three children, 
Aaron, Joshua and Rachel.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to call to the attention of the House of 
Representatives the well-deserved selection of Attorney Murray Ufberg 
for the Community Service Award, and I wish him and his family all the 
best.

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