[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 165 (Friday, November 14, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO JAY S. PIFER

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                          HON. JOHN P. MURTHA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 14, 2003

  Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, it is with both pleasure and sadness that I 
rise today to recognize Jay S. Pifer, who is planning his retirement on 
December 1st after more than 40 years with Allegheny Energy. Jay has 
been a good friend to Pennsylvania and an outstanding corporate leader. 
I am pleased to recognize some of his achievements here today, but I 
must say that he will be greatly missed.
  Jay is a native of Pennsylvania, graduated from Ridgway Area High 
School, and has degrees from both Penn State University and Clarion 
State University. He has received numerous awards including Penn 
State's Outstanding Engineering Alumni and the University's Alumni 
Fellow Award. He began his career at Allegheny as a college student.
  He was named interim President and CEO at Allegheny Energy before 
being named Chief Operating Officer in June. He has worked in almost 
every department in the company including sales, marketing, 
engineering, customer service, accounting and management. In fact, Jay 
has performed admirably at almost every job in the company. He has held 
a number of leadership positions, including President of its Allegheny 
Power energy delivery subsidiary--which supplies power throughout 
Western Pennsylvania, and in Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and 
Ohio. During a time of recent financial challenges for Allegheny, Jay 
played a leading role in preserving the company. Through it all--and 
some very difficult weather from ice storms to Hurricane Isabel--
Allegheny Power was recognized by J.D. Power and Associates as the 
second best company in customer satisfaction in the East and 10th best 
in the Nation. This is an honor of which Jay is justifiably proud.
  Jay also has been involved in many civic and community activities, 
dedicating himself to education, economic development, and conservation 
efforts in Western Pennsylvania and her neighboring states. He serves 
on the boards of the United Way and the Business Roundtables of 
Pennsylvania and West Virginia. His many other honors include 
membership on the Advisory Board of Penn State University and the 
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, honorary chair of the NAACP, 
director of the Westmoreland Trust, and membership in the Western 
Pennsylvania Conservancy. He is an ordained Lay Pastor in the United 
Methodist Church and has long been associated with the Boy Scouts of 
America. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Northeast 
Region of the Boy Scouts.
  His accomplishments are really too numerous to mention, but I wish 
Jay well in his retirement and thank him for his tireless commitment to 
Allegheny Energy and Pennsylvania.




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