[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 15, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E164]
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                 HONORING THE SERVICE OF CARL PAPA, JR.

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                        HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 15, 2006

  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a great 
Tennessean, Carl Papa, Jr. After 33 years of dedicated service to East 
Tennessee, Mr. Papa has retired as the Chief Pretrial Services Officer 
for the United States District Court for the Eastern Tennessee 
District.
  Carl Papa, Jr. was born on June 29, 1949, in Camden, New Jersey. He 
graduated from Collingswood High School in Collingswood, New Jersey, in 
1968. He attended Milligan College in East Tennessee, graduating in 
August 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology.
  Carl was hired by the Tennessee Department of Corrections in October 
1972 as a Probation and Parole Officer. On January 5, 1976, he was 
appointed as the U.S. Probation Officer in the Eastern District of 
Tennessee by the Honorable Robert Love Taylor. Meanwhile, Carl attended 
the University of Tennessee, my alma mater, where he earned a Masters 
of Science in 1982.
  He served as the U.S. Probation Officer for East Tennessee until 
April 19, 1993, when he was appointed the Chief Pretrial Services 
Officer for the Eastern Tennessee District. He retired from his 
position on the federal court on January 20, 2006. After 30 years of 
serving the community in federal court, and 33 years of public service 
to the citizens of East Tennessee, Mr. Papa has begun a well-earned 
retirement.
  Carl has two children. Carl's son, Benjamin C. Papa, resides in 
Nashville with his children, Eli and Ella. His daughter, Bethany 
Burnette, lives in Knoxville. Carl has been married to Donna C. 
Crumpton since May 28, 2004.
  I wish to express my gratitude on behalf of my fellow residents of 
East Tennessee for the dedication Mr. Papa has shown over the past 33 
years. I wish him and his family all the best as he begins the next 
stage of his life. I urge all of my colleagues to join me in thanking 
Mr. Papa for his service to our community.

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