[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 3, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E841-E842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH ANTHONY CITTA

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                            HON. JIM SAXTON

                             of new jersery

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 3, 2005

  Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Joseph 
Anthony Citta who is retiring at the age of 97 after almost a century 
of life lived to its fullest.
  An attorney in Toms River, New Jersey, Joe was admitted to the New 
Jersey Bar in 1934. After his induction into the U. S. Army in 1941, he 
was discharged as a Major in 1946, following duty in Germany with the 
War Crimes Section.
  Returning to Toms River with his wife and children, he built his law 
practice, Citta, Holzapfel, Azbarsky and Simon, of which he is CEO 
today.
  He has served on the State Veterans Service Council, having been 
appointed by Governor Driscoll. Joe Citta was appointed as first Public 
Defender in Ocean County, and is a member of the Ocean County Bar 
Association, the New Jersey Bar Association and the American Bar 
Association.
  Joe has served as President of many community organizations, among 
them the Toms

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River Athletic Association, the Board of Education of Toms River, the 
Ocean County Bar Association, the Toms River Rotary Club, the Ocean 
County Council Boy Scouts of America, and Toms River Chamber of 
Commerce. He was named Ocean County College (OCC) Foundation's 
Humanitarian of the Year twice, and also twice received the OCC 
Distinguished Service Award.
  His benevolent acts in the community through the Citta Foundation are 
legendary. His significant contributions through the Foundation are 
directed at the betterment of education and life in Dover Township, 
which he has called home for so many years.
  I am pleased to congratulate my friend, Joseph A. Citta, on his 
retirement, and to extend the gratitude of the community for his 
generosity and support during a lifetime of service.

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