[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 40 (Monday, March 14, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E301-E302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING JACK PLUCKHAHN

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                          HON. DARRELL E. ISSA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 14, 2016

  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of Frederick 
John Pluckhahn.

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Jack was a prominent and instrumental leader in the consumer 
electronics industry and he will be dearly missed by his many 
colleagues and friends across the nation.
   As a young man, Jack earned a Bachelor's of Science at the 
University of Wisconsin--Madison and served in the United States Navy 
from 1955 to 1957. After beginning his entrepreneurial career in 
Minneapolis, Minnesota as a buyer for Dayton's Department Store, he 
relocated with his family in 1968 to New Jersey to join Matsushita 
Electric Industrial Corporation, known today as Panasonic Corporation. 
During his tenure at Panasonic, he served as Vice President of the 
Southern Group of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America (MECA) 
from 1972 to 1982 before becoming President of MECA's Quasar Division 
in Chicago, Illinois. From 1989 to 1994, as Vice President of MECA, he 
was responsible for operations and headquarters functions at the 
company.
   From 1986 to 1994, Jack volunteered for several leadership positions 
with the Consumer Electronics Group, known today as the Consumer 
Technology Association. As Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Video Chair, he 
played a key role in the nation's switch to digital and high-definition 
television, and in the words of CTA President Gary Shapiro, 
``Television as we know it today . . . would not be possible without 
the contributions of Jack and his colleagues.''
   In addition to his accomplishments in the consumer electronics 
industry, Jack was actively involved in his community, both as a Court 
Appointed Special Advocate for the Planning Commission in Morgan 
County, Georgia and as the County's Habitat for Humanity Executive 
Director from 1996 to 2008. It was his honor to carry the Olympic Torch 
for the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996.
   Jack passed away on February 11, 2016 from Parkinson's disease and 
is survived by Nancy, his wife of fifty-six years, and their children: 
Susan and Felix Vizurraga, Jill and Mat Morgan, Scott Pluckhahn and 
Keith Crosby, Thomas Pluckhahn and Becky Zarger, and Michael Pluckhahn. 
My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

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