[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 63 (Tuesday, May 10, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E841-E842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   IN HONOR OF MR. FRANK L. KOWALSKI

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 10, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Mr. Frank L. 
Kowalski, Jr., a gentleman whose dedication to the Polish-American 
community of Cleveland has led the Cleveland Society of Poles 
Foundation to name him the 2011 recipient of the ``Good Joe'' Award.
  Mr. Kowalski was born and raised in the Tremont area of Cleveland. 
After graduating from Lincoln High School, he joined the Navy Reserve. 
He was soon called into active duty and served on the USS Navarro as a 
machinist's mate during the Korean War. Upon his discharge in 1954, Mr. 
Kowalski joined the Polish Legion of American Veterans and he remains 
an active member of the organization to this day.
  Mr. Kowalski attended Fenn College (now Cleveland State University) 
under the GI Bill and graduated in 1965. He worked at the Thompson 
Products Plant until 1972, when he pursued a second career in property 
management and maintenance.
  Many organizations within the Polish-American community in Cleveland 
have benefitted from Mr. Kowalski's leadership. He has served as Post 
Commander, Financial Director, and National Financial Director for the 
Polish Legion of American Veterans; Director, Treasurer, and Vice 
President of the Polonia Foundation of Ohio; Financial Secretary of the 
Cleveland Society; Financial Director of the Polish National Alliance 
Group #171; and Treasurer of the Tremont Residence Service Corporation. 
He has been named a Knight of Pulaski by the Polonia Foundation of Ohio 
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was awarded the Miecze Hallerowskie Medal by the Polish Army Veterans 
Kosciuszko Post 152. He is also an active parishioner at St. John 
Cantius Catholic Church.
  Mr. Speaker and Colleagues, please join me in honor and recognition 
of Mr. Frank L. Kowalski, Jr., whose tireless devotion to the Polish-
American community has been an inspiration to many. I offer Mr. 
Kowalski my sincerest congratulations.

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