[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E348-E349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN RECOGNITION OF THOMAS J. REILLY, SR., THE GREATER PITTSON FRIENDLY 
                  SONS OF ST. PATRICK MAN OF THE YEAR

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                          HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 17, 2015

  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Thomas J. Reilly, 
Sr., who will be named Man of the Year by the Greater Pittston, 
Pennsylvania Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.
  Mr. Reilly is chairman of Reilly Associates, an engineering firm that 
operates in Pennsylvania and New York. With more than 50 years of 
experience, Reilly has built a reputation as a leader in civil 
engineering. Early in his career, he worked on stabilizing large dams 
for the Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company. When Hurricane Agnes hit in 
1972, Reilly worked to restore infrastructure and rebuild roads 
throughout Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley.

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  In the 1980s and 1990s, Mr. Reilly replaced highway bridges, designed 
the six mile-long Casey Highway, and constructed a new wastewater 
treatment plant serving the Wyoming Valley that processes 50 million 
gallons of wastewater a day. Mr. Reilly's work in recent years includes 
a flood control system in the Keyser Valley and Green Ridge sections of 
Scranton; infrastructure for the Center Point Commerce and Trade Park; 
improved water quality through the separation of storm and sanitary 
sewer lines in West Pittston and Pittston; and plans for the 
revitalization of Pittston's Main Street.
  Mr. Reilly is a parishioner of St. John the Evangelist and serves on 
the Church's finance council. He has volunteered his expertise on many 
of his parish's construction projects. He is also a member of the 
Knights of Columbus. Reilly previously served as the president of the 
Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce and the Pittston Kiwanis Club, and 
as a trustee of his alma mater, Scranton Preparatory School.
  It is a distinct privilege to honor Thomas Reilly on receiving the 
Greater Pittston Friendly Sons Man of the Year Award, and I commend him 
on his lifetime of public and community service.

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