Mr. Speaker. I rise today to honor the memory of Dr. Francis S. Porretta. Dr. Porretta was bom on September 4. 1900. in Buffalo. NY. The doctors parents were Italian immigrants. His ancestral home was Calta Vetura. a small town near Palermo. Sicily. Dr. Porretta was raised in the small town of Lockport. NY. At the age of 18 the doctor was admitted to the University of Michigan. and began his studies In engineering. During one of his semester breaks. his mother told him that she hoped he would become a doctor. So upon returning to the university he transferred to the premedicine course of study.
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