[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 160 (Tuesday, November 12, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1629-E1630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  IN RECOGNITION OF THE OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE OF CARL N. FRANK

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                          HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 12, 2013

  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the community 
achievements of attorney Carl N. Frank. Carl joined the working world 
when he was only 11 years old as a newspaper carrier for The Times-
Leader Evening News. He later worked as a stock clerk at Lewis & Duncan 
Sporting Goods and for the Luzerne County Summer Youth Program as a 
maintenance worker at his high school. After graduating from high 
school, Carl worked as a Nurses' Aide at the Wyoming Valley Hospital on 
Dana Street in Wilkes-Barre. While in law school, Carl worked as a 
substitute teacher in the Philadelphia School District.
  In the summers of 1975 and 1976, Carl clerked in the Wilkes-Barre law 
offices of Congressman Daniel J. Flood and attorneys James Lenahan 
Brown, his uncle Joseph B. Farrell, and Francis P. Burns. Carl was 
admitted to practice before the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, 
the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the United States District Court 
for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in 1977. He later practiced 
with his uncle and attorney Harry P. Mattern for many years.
  Carl joined the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar 
Association, and the Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association, where he 
served as Chairman of the Arbitration Committee. He also served as a 
member of the Association's Red Mass Committee and 150th Anniversary 
Committee.
  On December 5, 1977, Carl was appointed City Attorney for the City of 
Wilkes-Barre. He was reappointed by Mayor Thomas V. McLaughlin in 
January 1980, and again in January 1984. During that time, Carl was the 
Chairman of the Pennsylvania League of Cities, City Attorneys Division, 
Chairman of the City Employees United Way Campaign, and served on the 
city's Vacant Property Review Committee.
  Carl currently serves as the Solicitor of Wilkes-Barre City 
Aggregated Pension Trust Fund, on the Non-uniformed Employees Pension 
Fund, and on the Fire Civil Service Commission. He is the pro bono 
lawyer member of the Wilkes-Barre Building Board of Appeals. Carl 
maintains a general practice of law and has engaged in various practice 
areas including estate planning, estate administration, inheritance 
tax, real estate, personal injury, social security disability, workers' 
compensation, domestic relations, juvenile proceedings, criminal cases 
and a host of other legal matters.
  During the administration of Governor Ed Rendell, and briefly during 
the administration of Governor Torn Corbett, Carl served the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, Office of Chief 
Counsel in the Inheritance Tax Division. He has served for many years 
as legal counsel for the Diocese of Scranton representing numerous 
Catholic Churches throughout Luzeme County, and currently serves as pro 
bono legal counsel for Catholic Social Services of the Wyoming Valley, 
the Saint Vincent de Paul Kitchen, Saint Nicholas Church, and the Mary 
R. Koons Charitable Trust.
  Carl served two terms as Chairman of the Board of Director of 
Catholic Social Services, where he has been a Board Member for more 
than 28 years, and two terms as President of the Saint Vincent de Paul 
Kitchen Board of Directors, where he has been a Board Member for more 
than 26 years. He also served as a member of the Diocese of Scranton 
Review Board from 1993 through 2008; President of Saint Nicholas 
Federal Credit Union Board of Directors, where he served as a Director 
for more than 30 years; and Chairman of the East Side Landfill 
Authority Board of Directors for more than 20 years.
  Mr. Frank also served King's College in many capacities, including as 
a member of the President's Council, Chairman of the 1994 Annual Fund 
Campaign, Chairman of the Act 101

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Program for Economically Disadvantaged Students, a member of the 
Advisory Board of the Center for Ethics and Public Life, and as a 
member of the Century Club Committee.
  Carl has been very active at Saint Nicholas Church, where he served 
as Chairman of the 150th Anniversary Committee in 2005, a member of the 
Pastoral Council, a member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, and 
Chairman of the Parish Core Team during the reorganization of the 
Scranton Diocese. He also served as a member of the Saint Nicholas-
Saint Mary's Elementary School Board of Education and President of the 
school's Sports Club. He served as the Coordinator of the Planning 
Committee for the inclusion of the Catholic Latino Community of the 
Wilkes-Barre into Saint Nicholas Church.
  Carl is a member of Saint Nicholas Church, Saint Conrad's Society, 
the Westmoreland Club, and the Pennsylvania Society.
  Carl is married to the former Jane Mary Rowan. They have two 
children, Carl Jr., a graduate of King's College and Saint Joseph's 
University in Philadelphia, and Mary, a junior at the University of 
Pittsburgh. Today, I am proud to recognize Carl Frank's lifetime of 
achievement and service to his beloved community. He has been and 
continues to be an outstanding public citizen.

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