24836 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE October 26, 2000 Stacey Nuveman, Gold Medal, Softball. a grateful nation. Bob is one reason we tributions to the Association commu- Yolanda Griffith, Gold Medal, Women’s now call it the Greatest Generation, nity, presenting him with the John C. Basketball. and they couldn’t have a picked a bet- Thiel Distinguished Service Award. Lisa Fernandez, Gold Medal, Softball. ter Marine of the Year. Thank you Bob, I ask my colleagues to join me today Danielle Slaton, Silver Medal, Women’s ∑ in recognizing Mr. John F. Garde, Soccer. and Semper Fi. Brandi Chastain, Silver Medal, Women’s f CRNA, MS, FAAN, for his notable ca- reer and outstanding achievements.∑ Soccer. TRIBUTE TO JOHN F. GARDE UPON Kimberly Rhode, Bronze Medal, Shooting— f Women’s Double Trap Final. HIS RETIREMENT Nicole Payne, Silver Medal, Women’s ∑ Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today I TRIBUTE TO VAUGHAN TAYLOR Water Polo. would like to pay tribute to a con- ∑ Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. Maurice Green, Gold Medal, Track and stituent from Illinois, John F. Garde. President, I rise today to pay tribute Field—100 Meters; Gold Medal, Track and Mr. Garde will soon be retiring as the to Mr. Vaughan Taylor, a Jacksonville, Field—4x100 Meter Relay. Executive Director of the American As- North Carolina, attorney and his wife Robin Beauregard, Silver Medal, Women’s Linda for their heroic efforts to help Water Polo. sociation of Nurse Anesthetists, AANA, Nikki Serlenga, Silver Medal, Women’s after 17 years of service. I am very save the lives of three of the crew Soccer. pleased to honor the distinguished ca- members aboard the Frisco, a Virginia Crystl Bustos, Gold Medal, Softball. reer of John F. Garde for his contribu- Beach fishing vessel. Julie Foudy, Silver Medal, Women’s Soc- tions to the practice of anesthesia from Avid sailors, Vaughan and Linda are cer. my state of Illinois. no strangers to the perils of the sea. As Laura Berg, Gold Medal, Softball. The AANA is the professional asso- Vaughan navigated their 40 foot sail- Dot Richardson, Gold Medal, Softball. boat, Legacy, off the shores of North Ericka Lorenz, Silver Medal, Women’s ciation that represents over 27,000 prac- ticing Certified Registered Nurse Anes- Carolina, he encountered a pile of Water Polo. floating wreckage. What he did not ex- Adam Nelson, Silver Medal, Track and thetists (CRNAs). Founded in 1931, the Field—Men’s Shot Put. American Association of Nurse Anes- pect to find were three members of the Lindsey Benko, Gold Medal, Swimming— thetists is the professional association Lynnhaven based scalloper, Frisco. It Women’s 4x200 Meter Free Relay. representing CRNAs nationwide. As had been more than eight hours since a Heather Petri, Silver Medal, Women’s you may know, CRNAs administer freighter had emerged from the fog, Water Polo. more than 65 percent of the anesthetics crushing the Frisco and leaving its crew JJ Isler, Silver Medal, Sailing—470 Fleet of four clinging to debris in the dead of Races. given to patients each year in the United States. CRNAs provide anes- night. John Drummond, Gold Medal, Track and Knowing that their boat was not only thetics for all types of surgical cases Field—4x100 Meter Relay. low on fuel in bad weather, but also Julie Swail, Silver Medal, Women’s Water and are the sole anesthesia provider in dangerously testing the limit to his ra- Polo. two-thirds of all rural hospitals, afford- Coralie Simmons, Silver Medal, Women’s dio’s frequency, Vaughan and Linda ing these medical facilities obstetrical, pushed ahead, determined to rescue Water Polo. surgical and trauma stablization capa- Ellen Estes, Silver Medal, Women’s Water these men. After radioing for help from Polo. bilities. They work in every setting in anyone who could hear his plea, Brenda Villa, Silver Medal, Women’s Water which anesthesia is delivered including Vaughan sprang to action aboard the Polo. hospital surgical suites and obstetrical sailboat and began to haul the first f delivery rooms, ambulatory surgical member of the crew out of the water. centers, and the offices of dentists, po- RECOGNIZING ROBERT A. ELLERD Time was of the essence as he struggled diatrists, and plastic surgeons. to pull the other crew member from ∑ Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I would John received his anesthesia training the water. Unable to fight against the like to take a moment to recognize in 1957 from St. Francis Hospital weight of his water logged survival Robert A. Ellerd—a great Montanan, a School of Anesthesia in LaCrosse, WI suit, Vaughan secured the survivor to great Marine, and a great man. and began practicing at the U.S. Public the boat with a life preserver and tight This year, Bob will be honored as Ma- Health Hospital in Detroit, Michigan line. rine of the Year by the Gallatin Valley the following year. Having been a pro- Using their years of experience at Detachment of the Marine Corps vider of anesthesia for numerous years sea, Vaughan and his wife risked their League. Every year these Marines get he became an Associate Professor and own safety to save the lives of these together for the Marine Corps Birthday Chairman of the Department of Anes- men. By treating them for hypo- Ball in Bozeman to honor the tradition thesia at Wayne State University, Col- thermia, they were able to avoid a of the Marines as well as recognize one lege of Pharmacy and Allied Health in fatal tragedy for these men. Concen- of their own. Bob certainly deserves to 1975. Using this experience, he then be- trating on getting the men the five be the one honored. came the Education Director of the miles back to shore safely, Vaughan Bob enlisted in the Marines in De- AANA in Park Ridge, IL in 1980 before hoisted the sails, kept in touch with cember 1941, even though he worked in taking his current role as Executive the U.S. Coast Guard and began cruis- an essential industry—meat packing— Director in 1983. He accolades range ing at top speeds towards the Chesa- and could have accepted a deferment. from propelling nurse anesthesia pro- peake Bay. Ending the heroic crusade After training in San Diego, he left for grams into a graduate framework re- with the credit of saving these lives, the South Pacific. There he helped sulting in 50 per cent of them moving and only a mere .8 gallons of gas to guard the Samoa Islands and took part into the College of Nursing, as well as spare, Vaughan Taylor serves as a posi- in the fierce combat in the Allied ef- establishing the International Federa- tive role model for all those who ven- forts to take Guadalcanal and the Mar- tion of Nurse Anesthetists (IFNA) dur- ture into the high seas. shall and Gilbert Islands. ing his tenure with the AANA. John In all that Vaughan Taylor ap- Later in the war, Bob used his com- has served the AANA as a member, proaches, he gives unbridled efforts, bat experience to train other infantry board member, past president, and now and stops at nothing short of success. before they headed to the front lines. will be retiring as a very celebrated ex- As has been the case in his work for No doubt his work helped save hun- ecutive director among his peers. U.S. personnel missing in action and dreds of lives and contributed to the Mr. Garde has many honors to follow their families, Vaughan continuously victory that saved the world from tyr- his list of career accomplishments. fights for the rights of others. He is anny. John was inducted as a fellow of the also one of the most well-respected at- There really are no words that I can American Academy of Nursing in 1994. torneys representing military per- say to adequately thank Bob Ellerd, In 1999 the Association of Chicagoland sonnel who need help, and his knowl- but I can express my appreciation from recognized him for his outstanding con- edge of the uniform code of military

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justice is second to none. It comes as tion be included in the RECORD at this GSA’s Design Excellence Program has no surprise that he would risk his own point, along with a brief summary of changed our expectations for public architec- life with his wife by his side, to save his service. ture. Members of Congress from both parties his fellow man. I am proud to call The material follows: and local community leaders now demand quality from us. Many cities are following Vaughan Taylor a close friend of mine, ROBERT A. PECK, COMMISSIONER, GSA PUBLIC suit and are hiring the best designers they and I applaud his devotion to humani- BUILDING SERVICE, 16 OCTOBER 2000 can find to build new civic structures, in so tarian causes. Building partners, GSA colleagues, and dis- doing reviving their own traditions born in Mr. President, also let me express my tinguished guests; may it please the court: the City Beautiful movement of a century sympathy to the family of Captain This is a fine day, a great day for this Court, ago. Charlie Peel, the owner of the Frisco, for New York, for Long Island and for us in Inside GSA, Design Excellence has spurred who, unfortunately was never found. the General Services Administration. But us to demand higher quality of ourselves, not He was very much respected by all of more important still, we might well someday just in architecture but in all that we do. We the waterman in Lynnhaven Inlet, and regard this as the day that marked the full aspire to build historic landmarks for the was like a father to the others aboard flowering of a renaissance in public building next generation. Just as so many Federal in America. buildings of the 19th and early 20th century the Frisco. I am sure he will be missed, At the turn of another century, at this sea- have become local landmarks that citizens and is in our thoughts and prayers.∑ son exactly two hundred years ago, the rally to defend, so we are determined that f White House and the Capitol were occupied, our new buildings will stir affectionate and if not quite completed, in Washington. It is passionate defenders in the years to come. UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE AT not by chance that they quickly became the Richard Meier’s accomplishment here sets ISLIP, NEW YORK architectural icons of American democracy. a mark that will be hard to surpass but that ∑ Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, on George Washington and Thomas Jefferson in- challenges us to accept nothing short of the October 16 the new United States tended them to be just that. They conscien- inspirational when we build. Courthouse at Islip, New York, was tiously sought to erect Federal buildings of a GSA in this Administration made a bold dedicated in a splendid ceremony at scale, style and quality that would reflect decision to pursue design excellence. All the noble origins and intentions of the new praise is due to GSA’s chief architect, Ed which the distinguished architect Rich- government. Feiner, a native of New York City and his ard Meier spoke, in the company of And so began a tradition of American pub- GSA colleague, Marilyn Farley, who per- Robert A. Peck, the singularly gifted lic building that would, for a century and a severed through years of indifferent response Commissioner of the Public Buildings half, produce some of the finest buildings in inside GSA to become the architects of our Service of the General Services Admin- America. The federal government built Design Excellence process. In his New York- istration. courthouses, post offices, land offices and er review of this building, Paul Goldberger The ceremony was splendid for the custom houses all over the expanding nation. said the GSA was a much more enlightened simple reason that the courthouse is You can see photos of Federal buildings of client for Richard Meier than was at least magnificent. Perhaps the finest public imposing stature, constructed of enduring one other well-known client of his. To Ed building of our era. Certainly the finest materials and elegantly detailed, sitting on and Marilyn go much of the credit for this. unpaved streets in what were literally one- We are fortunate to have as our clients in courthouse. And it could never have horse towns. The buildings simultaneously this, as in so many of our projects, the fed- happened save for the Design Excel- planted the flag and put the towns on the eral judiciary. They are not easy clients, as lence Program Commissioner Peck has map. The government was proud to build you might expect of those with lifetime ten- put in place with his characteristic them and the townspeople were proud to ure who are used to having the final say. But compound of genius and persistence. have them. States and cities followed suit they are the best clients, because they care Major Peck, as he is known to his with stately civic buildings, malls, and me- about the quality of the buildings in which friends (he was a Green Beret officer), morials. they carry out perhaps the most sensitive is a public servant of unexampled abil- Then, after World War II, something hap- function in our society. Judge Wexler has ity and achievement. His record is pened. As the scale of government increased, lived and breathed this building for a long, known to all. Some number of years public buildings diminished. Not in size, but long time and we are all in his debt. in accomplishment. Just as GSA was being At these dedications, those of us who ago when he was counsel to the Senate founded, fifty-one years ago, public architec- speak—the judges and the architects ex- Committee on Environment and Public ture fell into decline and, quickly, into de- cluded—often have had little to do with the Works, he put together for the Com- served disrepute. day to day agonies and triumphs of seeing a mittee a slide show consisting of pho- As in so many other things, there was a project like this to completion. So thanks to tographs of early public buildings in brief shining moment for public architecture the GSA project managers, the construction early America. He did not plead his in the Kennedy Administration. Drafted by a managers, the architect’s team and the case; he made it. The buildings exude a then-special assistant to the Secretary of builders, those who sat here in the construc- confidence and expectation that clear- Labor, one Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a set of tion trailers, who hammered out the details ly explain the endurance of American Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture and who worked in the prose of budgets and appeared from nowhere. Certainly no one had schedules. And thanks to the construction democracy. I recall in particular a asked for them. The Principles called for fed- workers, too often overlooked as we con- white wooden-frame courthouse in eral architecture which is ‘‘distinguished and gratulate each other. Rhode Island. Graceful, serene, which will reflect the dignity, enterprise, Again, thank you to Richard Meier. Your unthreatening yet equally forceful. Of vigor and stability of the American National building is at once a structure that stirs a sudden it came to us. As nowhere else Government.’’ But the Kennedy era produced emotion and embodies reason, a building on earth, the courthouse is a symbol of few buildings and, in any event, the spark that at once demonstrates the power of large government in the United States. Go to didn’t ignite. ideas and proves, as Mies van der Rohe said, London, go to Paris. There are court- GSA would try on occasion. I was witness that god is in the details. houses, or at least courtrooms there. If to one noteworthy hearing in the first or sec- May I sound a few cautionary notes and, in ond year of Senator MOYNIHAN’s first term in this political season, petition for help? We you can find them. Amidst the cathe- which a GSA official, pointing to a tepid de- have retained our way on public architecture drals and the palaces, and to be sure, sign, said the government was trying to put only recently, to the enduring benefit of our the buildings of the legislature. Here it the poetry back in its architecture. Senator people, our communities and our policy. But is different. The courthouse square is MOYNIHAN advised, ‘‘better try to learn the we could regress. where folk gather. prose first.’’ There are still some, not many, thank- The Nation owes Robert A. Peck Look at this building. Walt Whitman does fully, who would limit budgets to such a de- more than it will ever know. But this come to mind, or perhaps Mozart or Copland, gree that we would be putting up throw-away would hardly matter to him. As the if architecture is indeed frozen music. buildings. GSA has combined judicious and time approaches when he will leave GSA is now some forty buildings into the vigorous budget-setting with our design ex- largest public buildings program since that cellence procedures to make sure that we government, he takes with him the of the 1930’s. We are turning out building build with prudence as well as with grace. knowledge of his singular public serv- after building, mostly courthouses but also There are some, again not many, who ice. office buildings, border stations and even think GSA should build in a ‘‘traditional’’ I ask that Major Peck’s address on laboratories, that meet the test of the Guid- style, whatever that means. At the turn of the occasion of the courthouse dedica- ing Principles. the last century, the federal government did

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