[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11923-11924]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO DENNIS AND JEAN DORTON

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                           HON. HAROLD ROGERS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 23, 2012

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Dennis T. Dorton, the President and Chief Executive Officer at Citizens 
National Bank, in honor of his retirement after contributing more than 
42 years of banking excellence. I also would like to recognize Dennis' 
wife, Jean Dorton, and honor her for her strong leadership and service 
to the Commonwealth. Mr. and Mrs. Dorton have been a dynamic duo over 
the years. Working together they have helped transform southern and 
eastern Kentucky.
  As a Paintsville native, Dennis Dorton has served as a third 
generation President of Citizens National Bank, which has been a part 
of the Dorton family for 90 years. Mr. Dorton began his career at the 
bank in 1970, after graduating from Morehead State University with a 
bachelor's degree in Business Administration.
  Raised in the spirit that a banker's place is in the community, Mr. 
Dorton is a leader in various community organizations including the 
Christian Appalachian Project, the American Red Cross, a group working 
to restore programs and operations at the David School, and the local 
utilities commission building a new water plant in Paintsville. He is 
an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Paintsville 
and has been involved in Volunteers in Mission traveling to Belize and 
Costa Rica to help build church and school buildings.
  Mr. Dorton's involvement in civic and community service efforts span 
a broad spectrum. He has served as Chairman of the Big Sandy Regional 
Industrial Development Authority board, Treasurer and Board member of 
Paintsville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the 
Appalachian Artisan Center, and Vice Chairman and Board Member of the 
Christian Appalachian Project board. Mr. Dorton also served as 
Treasurer for the Kentucky Bankers Association in the '80s and Chairman 
of the Kentucky Bankers Association from 2007-2008.
  Mr. Dorton has had a strong partner by his side in his wife, Jean 
Dorton. Mrs. Dorton is a graduate of Morehead State University and has 
worked for the Big Sandy Community and Technical College since 2005. 
Like her husband, Mrs. Dorton has been involved in many organizations 
within the community. Mrs.

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Dorton was a founding member of the Eastern Kentucky Federated 
Republican Women and a member of the University of Pikeville Board of 
Regents. She served on the Paintsville City Council, and currently 
serves on the board for the Center for Rural Development, and on the 
PRIDE Executive Committee.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Dennis and 
Jean Dorton for their countless years of dedication and service to the 
families of southern and eastern Kentucky and for their banking 
expertise and civic leadership which have impacted the community for 
the better.

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