[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 208 (Thursday, December 2, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1304-E1305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING CHIEF JUSTICE EMERITUS THOMAS G. SAYLOR OF THE PENNSYLVANIA 
   SUPREME COURT FOR HIS EARNING THE JUDGE ROBERT E. DAUER AWARD FOR 
                          JUDICIAL EXCELLENCE

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                            HON. SCOTT PERRY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 2, 2021

  Mr. PERRY. Madam Speaker, I am honored to commemorate the outstanding 
leadership and judicial excellence of Chief Justice Emeritus Thomas G. 
Saylor of the Pennsylvania

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Supreme Court, for his earning the prestigious Judge Robert E. Dauer 
Award for Judicial Excellence on behalf of Amen Corner.
  Amen Corner is an organization designed to foster relationships 
amongst people from all walks of life and honor those who have devoted 
their lives and careers to improving our communities, and serving 
Pittsburgh since 1870. Amen Corner has a long tradition of honoring 
members of the Judiciary and Bar Association of Allegheny County and 
the Commonwealth.
  Chief Justice Emeritus Saylor graduated from the University of 
Virginia in 1969, followed by his graduation from Columbia Law School 
in 1972, before he began his career in general practice and prosecutor 
with Somerset County. He later earned a Master of Laws from the 
University of Virginia School of Law in 2004. His decades of service 
and tireless work in support of law and the Commonwealth also earned 
him honorary degrees from the Widener University School of Law and 
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.
  Prior to his election as a justice of the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania, Chief Justice Saylor served as the First Assistant 
District Attorney with Somerset County before being named the Director 
of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection. He then served as 
the First Deputy Attorney General for the Commonwealth, preceding his 
election to the Pennsylvania Superior Court in 1993.
  Chief Justice Saylor served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania in 1997, prior to being named Chief Justice of the Court 
in January 2015. Throughout his time on the Court, he has written more 
than 400 main opinions and demonstrated the collaborative and effective 
leadership of an independent judiciary.
  For Chief Justice Emeritus Thomas G. Saylor's decades of service to 
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States of America, I am 
honored to recognize his achievements and contributions, and 
congratulate him on earning the Judge Robert E. Dauer Award for 
Judicial Leadership and Excellence.

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