[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 130 (Friday, October 7, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING ATTORNEY JOHN PENTZ AS HE IS HONORED BY THE MONROE COUNTY 
                            BAR ASSOCIATION

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 2005

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues to pay tribute to Attorney John J. Pentz, Jr., on the 
occasion of being honored by the Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Bar 
Association for 48 years of distinguished service.
  Born in Dubois, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Judge and Mrs. John 
J. Pentz, Mr. Pentz graduated from Mercersburg Academy and served in 
the United States Navy for 2 years.
  He attended and graduated from Princeton University and the 
University of Michigan Law School.
  After practicing law in New Haven, Connecticut, for 3 years, he moved 
to Monroe County where he later established his own law office in 
Stroudsburg where he specialized in real estate law, administration, 
corporate and commercial law and estate planning.
  A member of Grace Lutheran Church where he was a former trustee and 
Sunday school teacher, he was the Pocono District Representative and 
District Chairman for Boy Scouts of America. He is also a member of the 
Kiwanis Club of the Stroudsburgs, the Monroe County Bar Association, 
Pennsylvania Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
  Married to the former Connie Beers, of New Haven, Connecticut, the 
couple has three sons.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating Mr. Pentz on this 
memorable occasion during which his peers are honoring him for his 
service to family and community for nearly a half century. The quality 
of life in northeastern Pennsylvania is enhanced by the sacrifices and 
contributions of people like John Pentz.

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