[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 61 (Monday, April 16, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3332]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING THE LIFE AND WORK OF LOU VOLPE

  (Mr. FITZPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a pillar of 
our community who has had a profound influence on the lives of so many 
students in our community in Bucks County and beyond.
  Lou Volpe, who dedicated 44 years of service to the students of Harry 
S. Truman High School in my hometown of Levittown, retired in 2013 as 
its longtime theater director.
  Recently, Lou was inducted into the Bucks County Playhouse Hall of 
Fame, an event I was honored to attend, joining the likes of Oscar 
Hammerstein and Angela Lansbury, among others.
  Throughout his esteemed career, Lou has left an indelible mark on the 
thousands of students he taught. Under his leadership, Truman regularly 
participated in the Student Theater Festival at the Bucks County 
Playhouse.
  A pinnacle of his career included a coveted invitation to the 
Thespian Festival at the University of Nebraska for his production of 
``Good Boys and True.''
  Mr. Speaker, fortunately for us, Lou's legacy will live on with the 
new NBC TV series ``Rise,'' of which his tenure at Truman served as an 
inspiration.
  It is comforting to know that this theatrical brilliance of Lou's 
will live on in our community and in our Nation for decades, and I ask 
all of my colleagues in this House of Representatives, Democrat and 
Republican, to honor Lou for his incredible service to our community 
and to our country.

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