[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4212]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                    IN HONOR OF GARY P. PLUNDO, D.O.

 Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I stand before you today to 
recognize Gary P. Plundo, D.O., M.P.M. from Greensburg, PA who will be 
installed as the 87th president of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical 
Association, POMA during their 93rd Clinical Assembly in Philadelphia 
this May.
  Dr. Plundo has been an outstanding member of the medical profession 
through his many years of service to the people of Greensburg, PA. He 
has served in many capacities throughout his tenure to improve the 
health of the people of this community. Both professionally and as a 
volunteer, Dr. Plundo has used his expertise to help the lives of 
others. As he becomes the next president of POMA, I am confident that 
his leadership will take the organization to new heights.
  In recognition of his accomplishments and installation as president 
of POMA, I would like to submit the following proclamation in his 
honor:
  Whereas, Gary P. Plundo, D.O., M.P.M., will be installed on May 4, 
2001, as president of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association, 
the state organization that represents over 3,500 licensed osteopathic 
physicians, over 440 interns, residents and fellows, and 1,000 
osteopathic medical students at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic 
Medicine and 550 at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine; and
  Whereas, Dr. Plundo is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and 
the Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center College of 
Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery; and
  Whereas, Dr. Plundo has been an officer and trustee of the 
Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association, a delegate to the 
American Osteopathic Association and a community leader in the field of 
family medicine; and
  Whereas, he has distinguished himself as a dedicated physician who 
continues the osteopathic tradition of assuring exemplary family 
medicine;
  Now, therefore, I congratulate Gary P. Plundo, D.O., M.P.M., on his 
installation as the 87th President of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic 
Medical Association, and wish him the best for a successful and 
rewarding tenure.

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