[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 16, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E321]
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                   IN HONOR OF GEORGE E. NORCROSS III

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                          HON. DONALD NORCROSS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 16, 2016

  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my brother, George 
E. Norcross III, on his 60th birthday.
  George is a longtime advocate for South Jersey, philanthropist, and a 
superb husband, father, son and older brother.
  George was born in Cooper University Hospital in Camden, the hospital 
he now leads as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. The oldest son of a 
labor leader and a home maker who later went on to work in social 
services, our parents, Carol and George E. Norcross, Jr., George has 
paved a path fundamentally his own.
  After briefly attending Rutgers-Camden, my brother received his real 
estate and insurance licenses and started his own company. That company 
known today as Conner Strong & Buckelew, has become one of the nation's 
premier insurance, risk management and employment benefits brokerage 
and consulting firms.
  But as successful as George has been in business, it has been his 
commitment to Camden and all of South Jersey that will be his defining 
legacy. As Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cooper University 
Health System and Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, 
where he has been a trustee since 1990, George has lead the 
transformation of Cooper into a top-tier tertiary academic medical 
center and launched the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and 
opened the MD Anderson Cooper Cancer Center. George and his wife, 
Sandy, serve as co-chairs of The Cooper Gala, the largest fundraising 
event in South Jersey each year.
  Through the Norcross Family Foundation, George is working to improve 
education for youth, funding research to help cure diseases, supporting 
the arts and culture, improving the community's safety, and helping 
people with disabilities. The Norcross Foundation also partnered with 
KIPP to open the KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy and George has been a 
longtime benefactor of the Larc School in New Jersey, which serves 
children with disabilities.
  Accordingly, George has been honored with numerous awards for his 
contributions to the community including the Annual Champion of 
Children Award by the Camden Children's Garden and the Tree of Life 
Award from the Jewish National Fund. In 2013 he was honored by the New 
Jersey March of Dimes at the organization's Born to Shine Gala, and he 
recently was awarded the 2015 Haas Regional Champion Medal by the 
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my wife, Andrea, and with love from my 
brothers, John and Phil, I wish my oldest brother, George E. Norcross 
III, a happy birthday, congratulate him for a brilliant first 60 years, 
and hope he has many more to come.

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