[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 163 (Thursday, October 27, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1948]
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                       IN HONOR OF MR. TOM FERAN

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 27, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Mr. Tom Feran, a 
writer and editor with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, who is being honored 
by the Press Club of Cleveland and inducted into the Cleveland 
Journalism Hall of Fame, Class of 2011.
  Tom is a longtime Clevelander who graduated from St. Ignatius High 
School before attending Harvard University. While at Harvard, he was 
the president and editor of the Harvard Lampoon, the world's longest 
continually published humor magazine. He graduated from Harvard in 
1975.
  Tom joined the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1982 as the editor for the 
publication's Sunday magazine. He has since worked as the editor of the 
Arts&Life section of the paper, a columnist, television critic and is 
currently working as a writer of PolitiFact columns. In addition to the 
Plain Dealer, Tom has published articles in Ohio, Cleveland, and 
DirecTV magazines. He is the author of Ghoulardi: Inside Cleveland TV's 
Wildest Ride and Cleveland TV Memories. He has also co-authored Six 
Inches of Partly Cloudy, Big Chuck! and The Buzzard. Tom was recognized 
by the society of Professional Journalists in 2007 as the Best 
Columnist in Ohio.
  In addition to his career, Tom has served as the president of the 
Television Critics Association of North America for two terms. He is 
also a member of the Harvard Club of Northeast Ohio.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in congratulating the 
Cleveland Plain Dealer's Mr. Tom Feran as the Press Club of Cleveland 
inducts him into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame, Class of 2011.

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