[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19350]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING PRESIDENT JUDGE THOMAS G. PEOPLES, JR.

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 28, 2005

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor President Judge 
Thomas G. Peoples, Jr., who after 25 years of distinguished service is 
retiring from his prestigious responsibility as president judge. 
President Judge Peoples has had a very prestigious career with many 
achievements and recognitions. Completing a bachelor of arts from the 
University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Dickinson School of 
Law, Judge Peoples was admitted to the Bar of Pennsylvania Supreme 
Court in 1965. Since 1965, he has practiced before all appellate courts 
of Pennsylvania and before the United States District Court for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania.
  President Judge Peoples had a private law practice from 1965 to 1980 
and he was first district attorney in Blair County from 1974 to 1980. 
From 1980 to 2005, he was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Blair 
County and during this same time he was the president of Blair County.
  He has been involved in many public service and community activities 
including coincorporator and member of the original Advisory Board of 
Blair County Legal Services Corporation. He has been the President of 
the Board of Trustees for Mercy Hospital, Altoona, PA, and Bon Secours-
Holy Family Hospital, Altoona.
  Judge Peoples is an advocate for children and is presently a member 
of the Board and former president of Child Advocates of Blair County. 
He is also the co-founder and former Advisory Board member of the Blair 
County Domestic Abuse Project. He was awarded the Distinguished Citizen 
Award--Penns Woods Council, Boy Scouts of America and the Saint George 
Award of Scouting.
  He resides in Altoona, PA, with his wife Maureen McManus Peoples. 
They have three children, Thomas G. Peoples III, Amy M. Dudukovich, and 
Jennifer A. Yourkavitch.
  Mr. Speaker, President Judge Thomas G. Peoples, Jr. has been very 
active in both professional and personal activities throughout Blair 
County, PA. President Judge Thomas G. Peoples, Jr. is a great citizen 
of Blair County and we are honored to recognize him for all of his work 
and accomplishments. I congratulate him and wish him the best in his 
retirement.

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