THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY V. BROWN, PARKER, KIRKLAND, BISHOP, BROWNLEE, ROEBUCK, CLYMER, COHEN, DAVIDSON, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, GEORGE, GODSHALL, GROVE, HENNESSEY, W. KELLER, KORTZ, MAHONEY, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MOUL, MYERS, PAYTON, READSHAW, WATERS AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 1, 2011

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 1, 2011  

A RESOLUTION

Honoring Jim Reed for his significant contributions to the City

of Philadelphia and the surrounding community.

WHEREAS, Jim Reed is a native of Savannah, Georgia, and was

educated in Savannah and the Philadelphia school systems; and

WHEREAS, Jim Reed is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Institute

of Technology and Spring Garden College and attended Temple

University; and

WHEREAS, Jim Reed was a mathematics instructor in the

Philadelphia public school system at Murrell Dobbins Area

Vocational Technical High School and Thomas A. Edison High

School, and he also taught mathematics at Philadelphia OIC and

Temple University; and

WHEREAS, Jim Reed is an external affairs director for Verizon

Pennsylvania, Inc., and, in this position, he is responsible for

representing Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc., in Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, Jim Reed has more than 45 years of experience in all

facets of telecommunications; and

WHEREAS, Jim Reed began his career with AT&T and, following a

series of assignments, he transferred to Bell of Pennsylvania;

and

WHEREAS, Jim Reed moved to Verizon's External Affairs

Department as community relations director and assumed his

current position in 1993; and

WHEREAS, Jim Reed's community involvement includes a wide

range of interests and activities; and

WHEREAS, Jim Reed chairs the Mayor's Commission on Services

to the Aging, and he is an active board member of the Urban

Affairs Coalition, the West Philadelphia Partnership, the Korean

Community Center, the Citizens Crime Commission, The Men of the

644th Engineer Battalion "C" and many others; and

WHEREAS, Jim Reed is an active member of Tinley Temple Church

where he serves as an usher, a member of the Methodist Men and

also a board member of the Charles A. Tinley Community

Development Corporation; and

WHEREAS, Jim Reed has been honored by countless

organizations, including the Philadelphia OIC, the Philadelphia

Chinatown Development Corporation, the Asian American Women's

Coalition, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Berean Institute,

Operation PUSH, Teenagers In Charge, Concerned Black Men, the

City of Philadelphia, Frontiers International, the Ducky Birts

Foundation, the Haddington Multi-Service Center for Older

Adults, Inc., Grands As Parents, Inc. and many others; and

WHEREAS, A resident of Wynnefield in West Philadelphia, Jim

Reed is a concerned community advocate; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor and extend

its appreciation to Jim Reed for his significant contributions

to the City of Philadelphia and the surrounding community.