[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12903]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR THOMAS J. REED

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                            HON. JOE SESTAK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 13, 2010

  Mr. SESTAK. Madam Speaker, on the occasion of his retirement from the 
School of Law at Widener University, it gives me great pleasure to 
acknowledge the achievements and contributions of the talented and 
altruistic public servant, author, professor, warrior, and history buff 
Professor Thomas J. Reed, J.D. A 2nd Lieutenant of the U.S. Marine 
Corps awarded the Air Medal for his efforts in the Dominican Republic 
in 1965, and loved father of Heather and wife of Emily, Tom certainly 
deserves our praise.
  Throughout Professor Reed's career, he has shown the greatest respect 
for public service. He has served in our nation's military, worked as a 
Reporter to the Delaware Supreme Court for the Delaware Appellate 
Handbook and the Supreme Court for revisions to the Delaware Uniform 
Rules of Evidence, worked for and served as the President of the Civil 
War Round Table of Wilmington, Delaware, and was instrumental in the 
establishment of the Widener University Veterans Law Clinic, which 
specializes in representing those Veterans without the means to mount a 
challenge to unfair decisions rendered by the VA.
  In addition to his noteworthy service to many venerable organizations 
of our nation, Professor Thomas Reed has spent 29 years of his life 
educating generations of prospective lawyers at the Widener University 
School of Law in effective and innovative ways. His play, entitled 
Delaware: A State Divided is an excellent learning device for school-
age children, and he has recently filmed a short piece to introduce law 
students to the intricacies and challenges associated with trials.
  Professor Reed has worked extensively with my office to defend the 
rights of our heroes who fight for our freedom day in and day out. His 
innovative ideas on merging Department of Defense and Veterans 
Administration records to permit the seamless flow of information 
between those two organizations could dramatically improve the delivery 
of cost-effective medical care to Veterans. Professor Reed also was 
recently recognized by the Taischoff Advocacy, Technology, and Public 
Service Institute as the first Taischoff Professor of Law upon the 
organization's creation in 2008.
  As our nation struggles on so many fronts--suffering the most severe 
economic woes in decades and fighting multiple wars abroad--it is 
important to remember the successes achieved by our constituents in our 
communities every single day. I am truly honored to offer this 
recognition to Professor Thomas J. Reed, and I wish him well in his 
retirement.

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