[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3562]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              RICHARD COSGROVE HONORED AS MAN OF THE YEAR

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 13, 2001

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Richard 
Bernard Cosgrove of Pittston Township, Pennsylvania, who will be 
honored as the Man of the Year by the Greater Pittston Friendly Sons of 
St. Patrick on March 17.
  Mr. Cosgrove has a long history of involvement in the community. He 
is a member and past president of the Wyoming Valley Serra Club of 
Wilkes-Barre and a past district governor of District 80 of Serra 
International. He is also a member and past grand knight of President 
John F. Kennedy Council 372 of the Knights of Columbus in Pittston and 
a member of the council's Fourth Degree Assembly.
  In addition, he is a member of the parish community of St. Casimir, 
St. John the Evangelist and St. Joseph churches in Pittston, where he 
serves as a Eucharistic minister, an altar server and a member of the 
parish liturgy committee. He is also a past president of the parish 
Holy Name Society.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Cosgrove is an institution in Northeastern 
Pennsylvania newspapers. After graduating from St. John the Evangelist 
High School in Pittston in 1941, his introduction to the business came 
in January, 1943, with the Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre. He joined the 
staff of the Sunday Dispatch in Pittston for the publication of its 
very first edition on February 9, 1947. He continued in various 
capacities with the Dispatch until the summer of 2000, when he 
affiliated with the Citizens' Voice in Wilkes-Barre as a writer, a 
position he continues to hold today. He also served for several years 
as a local correspondent for the Scranton Tribune.
  Mr. Cosgrove is a son of the late George and Elizabeth Healy 
Cosgrove. His wife, the former Mary Neary, passed way in April 1981. 
Their union was blessed with two sons, George B., principal of Pittston 
Area Middle School, and Joseph M., a practicing attorney in Luzerne 
County. His family also includes his son George's wife, the former 
Virginia Berto, and two granddaughters, Jill, a senior at College 
Misericordia in Dallas; and Mary Ann, a freshman at the University of 
Scranton.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to call to the attention of the House of 
Representatives the good works and distinguished career of Richard 
Cosgrove, and I join the Friendly Sons in congratulating him on this 
well-deserved honor.

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