[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 71 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E917]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. HARMAR BRERETON

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                           HON. LOU BARLETTA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 23, 2011

  Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor and acknowledge Dr. 
Harmar Brereton, who is receiving the B'Nai B'Rith Amos Lodge No. 136 
Americanism Award, one of the community's most prestigious public 
service awards.
  As a radiologist, Dr. Brereton has been committed to bringing great 
change to the medical community in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Dr. 
Brereton established the Department of Radiation Oncology at Mercy 
Hospital, and with his medical group, Radiation Medicine Associates of 
Scranton, and the development and management company he founded, 
Healthcare Management Resources Inc., he established several additional 
cancer centers in the region. His medical professional service includes 
the Lackawanna County Medical Society and Pennsylvania Oncology 
Society, having served as president of both; and the American College 
of Radiation Oncology, of which he is a founding chancellor. Dr. 
Brereton is a professor of medicine and assistant dean for development 
at The Commonwealth Medical College, which is committed to the future 
of medicine in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
  His service to our area reaches beyond the medical community. He has 
been an active member of the boards of the Greater Scranton Chamber of 
Commerce, the Scranton Area Foundation, the Northeast Regional Cancer 
Institute (founding chairman), the Countryside Conservancy, WVIA 
(chairman), the Keystone College Jazz Institute, and the Schemel Forum 
of the University of Scranton (founder). Dr. Brereton and his wife, 
Leslie, have two children and three grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, Dr. Harmar Brereton has served our community with 
distinction. His years of commitment to our area's medical and cultural 
development should be honored and respected. Mr. Speaker, today, I ask 
my colleagues to join me in thanking Dr. Harmar Brereton for his 
dedication, and in recognizing his receiving of the B'Nai B'Rith Amos 
Lodge No. 136 Americanism Award.

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