[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1385]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CONGRATULATING CHRIS DiMATTIO ON BEING SWORN IN AS THE NATIONAL 
                      PRESIDENT OF UNICO NATIONAL

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 20, 2010

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to join me in congratulating 
Mr. Chris DiMattio on being sworn in as the national President of UNICO 
National.
  Mr. DiMattio was born in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, in 1966 as the 
youngest of three children of Louis and Catherine DiMattio. Growing up 
in Dunmore, he attended St. Anthony of Padua's Grade School and Bishop 
O'Hara High School.
  In 1988, Mr. DiMattio graduated from Marywood University in Scranton 
where he majored in Business Administration and was a member of the 
Academic Dean's Roundtable and the Student Government.
  He is currently a Senior Vice President at FNCB Wealth Management 
Services in Dunmore. Previously, he was an Assistant Vice President at 
NatWest Financial Markets Group in Scranton.
  Throughout his academic and professional career, Mr. DiMattio has 
consistently volunteered his time and efforts throughout Northeastern 
Pennsylvania. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Lackawanna 
Branch of the American Cancer Society and the American Red Cross, and 
has also volunteered with the United Way of Lackawanna County and the 
Scranton Cultural Center.
  Mr. DiMattio has been a member of the Scranton Chapter of UNICO 
National since 1990 and served as the Chapter's President from 1997 to 
1999.
  UNICO was originally founded in 1922 by Dr. Anthony P. Vastola as an 
Italian American service organization to, ``engage in charitable works, 
support higher education, and perform patriotic deeds.''
  In 1947, UNICO merged with another Italian American service 
organization, the National Civic League, to create UNICO National.
  Today, UNICO National remains the largest Italian American service 
organization in the United States. Every year it donates approximately 
$1 million to numerous charities throughout the country, and, through 
its Anti-Bias committee, works to overcome negative stereotypes of 
Italian Americans.
  Mr. DiMattio has served on UNICO National's National Executive 
Committee as National Membership & Retention Director from 2003 to 2006 
and as Vice President from 2006 to 2010.
  Mr. DiMattio will be sworn in as the national President of UNICO 
National at its annual convention being held from July 28 to August 1 
in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He will become the second Northeastern 
Pennsylvania resident in the past thirty years to be appointed to this 
position.
  Mr. DiMattio currently resides in Moscow, Pennsylvania, with his 
wife, the former Ann Celli of Peckville, and their two children, Louis 
Carlo and Robert.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating Mr. DiMattio on this 
auspicious occasion. His exemplary community service record 
demonstrates he is most deserving of this achievement.

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