[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 73 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E662]
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                           WILLIAM P. THOMAS

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                         HON. THOMAS MacARTHUR

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 10, 2016

  Mr. MacARTHUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory and life 
of William P. Thomas, of the Third Congressional District, and to 
express my sincerest condolences to his family and loved ones he has 
left behind, and to recognize his service, as well as his career and 
community engagement.
  William, a resident of Stafford Township, New Jersey, was a graduate 
of Cardinal Hayes Memorial High School in New York City and attended 
Princeton University before he enlisted in the U.S. Army to defend our 
country during World War II as part of the Fifth Ranger Battalion. For 
his honorable service, he received five medals, including the Purple 
Heart and Bronze Star. When he returned home from the war, determined 
to provide for his family, he started his own company, William P. 
Thomas Builders. The company was successful and completed projects, 
which included 500 homes, motels, a 55-unit oceanfront condominium in 
Ship Bottom and work on the Ocean County Courthouse. He also developed 
Deer Lake Park in Stafford.
  William began selling real estate in 1953 and was extremely 
prosperous, eventually becoming president of the New Jersey Association 
of Realtors and the New Jersey Shore Multiple Listing. Thomas 
ultimately became the broker-owner of Prudential Zack Shore Properties 
in Toms River, which recently became Berkshire Hathaway Home Services 
Zack Shore Realtors, a business now overseen by his son and sister.
  Mr. Speaker, the people of New Jersey's Third Congressional District 
are tremendously honored to have had William P. Thomas as a hardworking 
and dedicated member of their community. It is with a heavy heart that 
I commemorate his honorable service to our country, as well as his 
fruitful career and life, and recognize the lasting legacy that he has 
left behind, before the United States House of Representatives.

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