[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27194]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING JOHN J. DUPLESSIS, SR.

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                             HON. RON LEWIS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 15, 2007

  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize John 
J. DuPlessis, Sr., a remarkable man with a long history of service to 
the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Mr. DuPlessis, a resident of 
Elizabethtown, will receive the Distinguished Citizen Award from the 
Boy Scouts of America on October 17, 2007.
  John J. DuPlessis earned his undergraduate and graduate engineering 
degrees from North Carolina State University. He was employed for over 
thirty years with the Magnetic Division of Crucible Materials 
Corporation. He served as the President of the Crucible Magnetics plant 
in Elizabethtown from 1985 until his retirement in 1992. During his 
business career he was an active member of the Magnetic Materials 
Association, the Associated Industries of Kentucky, and the Gorham 
International Conference on Magnetic Materials.
  Mr. DuPlessis has been an extremely active member of his community. 
He has served on the Board of Directors of the Elizabethtown Jaycees, 
was the first President of Let's Spruce Up, and has been active with 
the Elizabethtown Lions Club. He was also a board member and Chairman 
of the Elizabethtown Independent School System, and has been involved 
with Habitat for Humanity, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, St. James 
Catholic Church and Baptist Builders.
  John DuPlessis has had a long association with the Boy Scouts of 
America serving as Scout Master for Troop 829. Mr. DuPlessis was also 
Fundraising Chairman of the Lincoln Trail District Sustaining 
Membership Enrollment, Lincoln Trail Camping Chairman, Wood Badge 
trained, and a Silver Beaver recipient.
  It is my privilege to recognize John J. DuPlessis, Sr. today, before 
the entire United States House of Representatives, for his hard work 
and service to his community.

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