[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 3, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E531]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING JAMES J. FLAHERTY, RECIPIENT OF THE 2009 W. FRANCIS 
  SWINGLE AWARD FROM THE GREATER PITTSTON FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 3, 2009

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to Mr. James 
J. Flaherty, the 2009 recipient of the W. Francis Swingle Award from 
the Greater Pittston Friendly Sons of St. Patrick for his many years of 
dedicated service to that organization.
  Mr. Flaherty was born and raised in Pittston, Pennsylvania. He 
graduated from St. John's High School in 1960 and Penn State University 
in 1963.
  Mr. Flaherty joined Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation's Scranton 
Division in July, 1963, as a draftsman in the engineering department. 
In July, 1972, he was promoted to Operations Manager and, in July of 
1978, he was transferred to Chamberlain's New Bedford, Maine operation 
as Assistant General Manager.
  In 1986, Mr. Flaherty was promoted to Vice President and General 
Manager of the New Bedford, Maine, operation. He served in that 
capacity until July, 1991, when the New Bedford operation ceased 
production and he relocated back to Scranton as Vice President and 
General Manager of that division. In 2003, Mr. Flaherty was named 
President of Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation. In July, 2006, 
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems acquired Chamberlain. 
Mr. Flaherty remained in Scranton as Vice President and General 
Manager.
  Mr. Flaherty is a member of the ARMS Public Private Task Force 
Executive Advisory Committee and the Industrial Committee of Ammunition 
Producers. He is also past president of the board of directors of the 
Northeast Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center; serves on the board 
of directors of the local chapter of the Salvation Army; is a member of 
The Lions Club and was an elected member of the Moscow Borough Council.
  In February, 2009, Mr. Flaherty was inducted into the Ancient Order 
of St. Barbara, the patron saint of the U.S. Army Field Artillery, for 
45 years of service to our soldiers. A son of the late James and Jean 
Joyce Flaherty, he and his wife, Sheila, have two children and five 
grandchildren.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating Mr. Flaherty on this 
auspicious occasion. His commitment to his family, his profession and 
his community has earned him widespread respect throughout the region.

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