[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 6057-6058]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING DR. AND MRS. JAMES BURNE WHO ARE BEING HONORED BY THE 
              SCRANTON KIWANIS CLUB FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 21, 2010

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to Dr. and 
Mrs. James Burne for their outstanding community service for which they 
are being honored by the Scranton Kiwanis Club.
  Dr. Burne maintains a general Dentistry Practice in South Scranton. 
He is a member of the American Dental Association and the Pennsylvania 
Dental Association and has been an active member of the Scranton 
District Dental Society since 1969. He has served as its president, a 
member of the board of directors and chairman of its dental health 
programs.
  A graduate of the University of Scranton, Dr. Burne received his 
doctorate of Dental Surgery from Georgetown University School of 
Dentistry. He is also a graduate of the L.D. Pankey Institute for 
Advanced Dental Education and the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced 
Cosmetic Dentistry.
  Dr. Burne is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry and the 
American College of

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Dentists along with additional fellowships and honors.
  He served as a Captain in the United States Army Dental Corps and he 
is the recipient of the Frank J. O'Hara Award, University of Scranton.
  He is a past member of the YMCA Board of Directors and is currently a 
member of the Scranton Chapter UNICO National, the Friendly Sons of St. 
Patrick and the Kiwanis Club. He also serves on the Advisory Board of 
Directors of Penn Security Bank.
  Mrs. Mary Lou Burne is a graduate of Scranton Central High School, 
Keystone College, Millersville University and she pursued graduate 
studies at Marywood University. She is a former Special Education 
teacher with NEIU 19 and was the founder and director of its summer 
program for special needs children. She was also founder and director 
of the local Special Olympics and she received the Joseph P. Kennedy 
Jr. Foundation Award.
  She has served as local and state president of the Youth Association 
for Retarded Citizens. She has served as trustee at Keystone College 
and she received its Distinguished Alumni Award. She was a member of 
the White House Conference on Children and is a past President of the 
Scranton District Dental Alliance. She received the Boy's and Girl's 
Club Champion of Youth Award and the Thelma Neff Award of the Alliance 
to the American Dental Association.
  Dr. and Mrs. Burne are co-founders of the Family-to-Family 
Thanksgiving Food Basket Program that since 1986 has served over 
175,000 people. For that service, they have received the following 
awards: Justice Michael J. Eagen Humanitarian Award; J.C. Penney Golden 
Rule Award, James Crowley Humanitarian Award; UNICO National Civics 
Illustris Humanitarian Award, National Association of Social Workers 
Public Citizens of the Year and letters of commendation from Presidents 
George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
  Dr. and Mrs. Burne are the parents of four children: James 3d, Dr. 
Mark, Mary and Matthew Burne.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating Dr. and Mrs. Burne on 
this auspicious occasion. Their outstanding service to community is 
inspirational and has earned them respect and admiration throughout the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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