[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 179 (Thursday, December 10, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1755-E1756]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING D. PATRICK CURLEY

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                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 10, 2015

  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of D. Patrick Curley, 
who has dedicated fifty years to the service of our Western New York 
community.
   Mr. Curley was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. After 
graduating from Canisius High School in 1959, where he was first team 
all Catholic in tennis, he moved to Boston, where he graduated with an 
A.B. degree in mathematics from Boston College in 1963. He then 
returned to Buffalo to pursue an M.S. degree from Canisius College.
   He was an instructor at D'Youville and Canisius Colleges, where he 
lectured in statistics, accounting, and business valuation techniques. 
Mr. Curley went on to work in banking at Marine Midland, before 
starting his own business consulting company, St. Lawrence Business 
Consultants, in 1977.
   He remains president of St. Lawrence Business Consultants today, 
specializing in training seminars, economic development projects, 
mergers and acquisitions, succession planning, corporate valuations and 
ESOPs. At St. Lawrence Business Consultants, he became the Washington 
liaison to Moog, Inc. He has also played a role in statewide economic 
development, including consulting with New York State's Ownership 
Transition Services Program and helping to retain more than ten-
thousand jobs in the state.
   As a thirty year management seminar leader, Mr. Curley has conducted 
more than one hundred seminars throughout the United States with more 
than 3,000 participants.
   He has served on the boards of several New York and international 
corporations, and is a member of the Industry Trade Advisory Committee 
(ITAC) under the auspices of the Department of Commerce.
   Mr. Curley was a distinguished member of the board of the New York 
Power Authority from 2007 to 2012. And he was elected to three terms on 
the Orchard Park Town Board, where he served for 12 years and was 
regarded as an expert in public finance. He also served as chairman of 
sewer district #3 and was vice chair of the Southtown Recycling 
Consortium.
   Mr. Curley has served in leadership positions for more than two 
dozen charitable, civic and philanthropic organizations. He founded the 
Orchard Park Council of the Arts and was a member of the National Board 
of Directors of the American Heart Association, Mercy Hospital of 
Buffalo, and the President's Council of D'Youville College. He served 
as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Erie County Central Police 
Services, and director and chairman of the audit committee of a Western 
New York foundation. The Orchard Park Chamber of Commerce voted him Man 
of the Year, and he received multiple awards for his service to the 
American Heart Association.
   For forty-six years, Mr. Curley has been a member of the Orchard 
Park Volunteer Fire Company becoming a life member in 1987. During this 
time he attended 5,147 emergency and fire calls.
   An avid hockey enthusiast, he served as vice chair for the 
Southtowns YMCA board of managers, where he designed, financed, and

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built an indoor ice rink. He also founded the Southtowns Hockey 
Officials Association, and was a referee for 35 years.
   Mr. Curley is married to Carolyn G. Curley, the father of Jennifer 
Curley Reichert, Brendan Curley, and Shannon Curley Tower, and the 
proud grandfather of eight grandchildren. He is known for his colorful 
attire and positive attitude. He is a loyal, a proven consensus 
builder, cohesive team player, and a fair and effective leader. He 
never missed a St. Patrick's Day parade in Buffalo or New York City, or 
a chance to sing ``God Bless America.''
   Mr. Speaker, Pat Curley is a proud American and Western New Yorker. 
I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Mr. D. Patrick Curley and 
thanking him for 50 years of commitment to his community, family, and 
country.

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