[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9447]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO PATRICK J. FINNERAN JR.

 Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I wish to honor a fine Missourian, 
Patrick J. Finneran, Jr., for his distinguished career as well as his 
record of community activism.
  In 1967, Pat graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where he 
was an ROTC cadet. Upon graduation he was commissioned a second 
lieutenant in the U.S. Marines and reported to the Officers Basic 
School. Following successful completion of naval flight officer 
training, Pat was ordered to Vietnam for combat duty with the First 
Marine Air Wing.
  Having served his country honorably, Pat departed from the U.S. 
Marine Corps in 1987, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Though 
leaving the military, Pat remained involved in national defense. He 
joined the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, which eventually became the 
Boeing Company, as manager of business development for the AV-8 Harrier 
Program and later rose to become the president of Boeing's Support 
Systems Division, Integrated Defense Systems.
  Aside from his professional career, Pat has served the State of 
Missouri and the Nation as a respected citizen. His love of country has 
shown itself in Pat's two sons, one a Marine Corps major and another 
with the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agency.
  Pat will retire from Boeing on April 1 of this year. From his 
honorable service as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps to 
his current post with the Boeing Company, Patrick Finneran, Jr. has 
always worked to inspire those around him with a sense of duty and 
pride in their country.
  I thank Pat and his family for their service to our Nation, and I 
wish them all the best in their future endeavors.

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