E620 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks May 8, 2013 Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, that he held for their efforts. His unique ability Isabella Ingles has kept very busy in the New York, receiving a Bachelor of Science de- to recognize talent and to foster respect and years since. Settling in Des Plaines, Illinois, gree in Marine Engineering in 1979 and a camaraderie throughout the workforce has had Isabella and Roy had two boys and two girls. Third Assistant Engineer License from the an enormous influence on everyone he met Following in their parents’ footsteps, both of U.S. Coast Guard. While attending the United and will continue to steer the course of our her sons went on to serve, joining the United States Merchant Marine Academy, he further Navy well into the future. One of his most States Air Force. After raising her children, achieved the rank and position of Regimental memorable quotes is ‘‘Friends build ships.’’ Isabella became a Certified Occupational Executive Officer his senior year. He served Mr. Diaz recognized both the arm’s length na- Therapy Assistant, and worked with senior citi- with distinction as a U.S. Coast Guard officer ture of government and industry negotiations zens in her local community as the Activities from 1979 to 1984 before joining the federal as well as the necessity for teamwork. During Director for a local assisted living facility. civil service, where he went to work for the a challenging time in the completion of the Since then, she has continued to contribute. Navy as a civilian Construction Representative lead ship of the Navy’s new Joint High Speed Isabella is a long time volunteer all over our for the Military Sealift Command (MSC). Mr. Vessel (JHSV), Mr. Diaz provided a compila- community: helping with the Des Plaines Self Diaz rose through the chain of command to tion of ‘‘22 Attributes of a Good Team’’ to help Help Closet & Pantry, visiting the local Vet- become the MSC Senior Owner’s Representa- bring the team together. The soundness of his erans Administration hospital and volunteering tive for New Construction. During his tenure, observations regarding teams is clearly re- for over six decades with the Women’s Serv- he became widely known as an unparalleled flected in the teamwork that exists in the ship- ice League. expert in his field, working tirelessly to ensure building community today, as well as through On behalf of myself and a grateful nation, I that the operator’s needs were integrated the scores of young engineers who are now want to thank Isabella Catherine Ingles for all throughout the ship design and construction carrying forth his legacy into the next genera- that she has done for our nation: for her serv- process. tion of ships for the Navy. ice, her sacrifices, and for all the contributions Mr. Diaz had a long and distinguished ca- Mr. Diaz’s tireless leadership and lifelong she has made to our community. I want to reer of innovative thinking and aggressive exe- commitment to Navy shipbuilding new con- welcome her, and all the other veterans par- cution of shipbuilding programs across the en- struction and conversion have earned him the ticipating in the ‘‘Honor Flights’’ to Wash- tire spectrum of military sealift new construc- deep respect of his peers and shipmates ington, DC to visit the World War II Memorial. tion and conversion. A man of uncommon throughout the Military Sealift Command, Navy f character and boundless passion, he was acquisition, and commercial shipbuilding com- highly respected throughout the naval ship- munity. His was a life of courage and con- CONGRATULATING DANIEL building and ship operations community as a sequence—a life devoted to the security of our MCCAULEY, M.D. visionary leader, team builder, and technical nation. Mr. Diaz touched the lives of all who problem solver. Since joining federal service in knew him, and it is my great honor to recog- HON. JEFF DENHAM 1984, he held a variety of technical and key nize him posthumously for his service. I know OF CALIFORNIA leadership roles throughout his professional my colleagues join me in thanking his wife, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES career. He also provided strong technical con- Lisa, for sharing him with us these many years Wednesday, May 8, 2013 sultation to groups such as the National Ship- and wish her fair winds and following seas. building Research Program and the Marine Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to f Engineering and Shipyard Management Pro- recognize and congratulate Daniel McCauley, gram, where he worked tirelessly with his RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBU- M.D. who was named as the recipient of the peers throughout government and industry TIONS OF ISABELLA CATHERINE 2013 John Darroch Memorial Award for Physi- across the globe to promote the open inter- INGLES cian of the Year by The Stanislaus Medical change of ideas and information and con- Society. He will be honored during a cere- stantly improve shipbuilding and conversion HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY mony in Modesto, California on May 9, 2013. processes and technology. When technical as- Dr. McCauley was born and raised in North- OF ILLINOIS ern Ireland. He dreamed of joining the Mer- sistance was required on both U.S. Navy and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Military Sealift Command ships, the Navy chant Marines but unable to pursue that ca- often called upon Mr. Diaz for his support. The Wednesday, May 8, 2013 reer choice, he turned to medicine. He ob- expert technical leadership and ship design, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise tained his medical degree at the University construction, and ship operational knowledge today to recognize the enormous contributions College in Dublin, Ireland in 1968. He contin- that he shared throughout his career contrib- of a true American patriot: Isabella Catherine ued his education with residencies at Ham- uted to hundreds of millions of dollars in tax- Ingles (nee Hankel). Isabella has done a lot mersmith Hospital and Kingston Hospital lo- payers’ savings in ship acquisition and annual with her life: she is a wife, a mother, a grand- cated in England and also, Boston City Hos- operation costs over the life of the forty ships mother, a World War II veteran, and so much pital in Boston, Massachusetts. For the last thirty years, Dr. McCauley has that he was responsible for delivering to the more. She is a great example of what we call practiced in Turlock. He is known for being Navy’s Military Sealift Command. Beyond the the ‘‘greatest generation.’’ well trained, cooperative, dedicated, and hav- shipbuilding programs with which he was ac- Isabella was born in Chicago, Illinois, in ing moral character with excellent clinical judg- tively involved and which serve as tangible 1921, and graduated from Senn High School. ment. Dr. McCauley gives selflessly by pro- evidence of his commitment and technical A few short years afterwards, the United viding indigent care throughout the Valley. acumen, perhaps his most lasting and pro- States was attacked at Pearl Harbor and en- During his free time, Dr. McCauley is an found legacy will be the development he fos- tered into World War II. Isabella felt the need avid reader and gardener. Dr. McCauley and tered and advocated in emerging leaders in to contribute to the war effort, and enlisted in his colleague enjoy sailing on the San Fran- naval shipbuilding. He left a lasting impression the United States Navy in early 1944. After cisco Bay. basic training, she attended the Control Tower on countless young professionals who will ex- Mr. Speaker, please join me in praising Dr. Operator School, and graduated second in her emplify his leadership principles throughout Daniel McCauley for his significant contribu- class. Isabella was stationed in the Pacific their promising careers. Simply put, he tions to the medical field and to the people of Northwest, and spent the next two years work- brought out the best in them and cultivated a Stanislaus County. love of the trade. Throughout his distinguished ing in the control tower at Naval Air Station federal service career, he has been honored Pasco, in Washington State. While stationed f with numerous awards for his exceptional here, Isabella met her future husband, Roy HONORING THE 2013 INDUCTEES OF service, including Superior and Meritorious Ci- Ingles, who was at the time serving as an THE MAINE FRANCO-AMERICAN vilian Service Medals, Navy Unit Commenda- Aviation Chief Machinist Mate, and had sur- HALL OF FAME tion, and other prominent citations. vived the sinking of the USS Lexington during Mr. Diaz’s contributions to our nation extend the Battle of the Coral Sea. HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD far beyond his material achievements and Isabella left the Navy in 1946, having OF MAINE specific accomplishments. He was an inspira- achieved the rank of Specialist (Control Tower IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion to all who served with him, government Operator) First Class, and returned to her and industry alike, ensuring that all members home in Chicago. Roy soon followed and the Wednesday, May 8, 2013 of his team were keenly aware of their impor- two were married on her birthday the next Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tance to the Navy and the true appreciation year. recognize the four outstanding individuals

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In it, he argued for a revamping of U.S. resentative of the enduring strength and influ- rity interests. foreign policy to make worldwide promotion of ence of Maine’s French heritage. There are many examples of how history a primary goal. Legislation based This year’s inductees join the ranks of was made by the man once described by The on the book was sponsored by Senator JOHN Maine’s finest Franco-American leaders. Each New York Times ‘‘as the most active Western MCCAIN and my late colleague and fellow of these honorees have made enormous con- booster for economic and political liberaliza- Palmer admirer Tom Lantos, and was signed tributions to the preservation and advance- tion’’ of Communist . They are ex- into law by President George W. Bush on Au- ment of our state’s unique history and culture. amples of why, at the celebration of the 20th gust 3, 2007. Entitled ‘‘ADVANCE Democracy Father Jacques LaPointe is a key member anniversary of ’s liberation from com- Act of 2007’’, it was described by a scholar at of the greater Madawaska community and a munist , Mark was awarded a the Carnegie Endowment for International respected author on the history of the St. John Commander’s Cross of Hungary’s Order of Peace as ‘‘. . . the most important bill . . . on Valley. Merit because, as ‘‘the right man at the right democracy promotion since the 1983 initiative Lisa Marrache´ is an accomplished physician time at the right place . . . he rose to the oc- to establish the National Endowment for De- and legislator who has long worked to pre- casion [of] shepherding democratic opposition mocracy . . .’’ serve French culture in Maine, including as a . . . through . . . turbulent times by giving [it] Mark’s business career was as successful founder of the Franco-American Heritage Soci- legitimacy.’’ They are reasons why Mark re- as his diplomatic career and was often fo- ety of the Kennebec Valley. ceived three Presidential Awards and two Su- cused on the same objectives. Knowing the Cindy Larouck is well-known across her perior Honor Awards from the Department of critical value of free and unmonitored informa- hometown of Lewiston and the state of Maine State during a 26 year career as a Foreign tion in dictatorial and post-dictatorial countries, for her efforts to share and revive her love of Service officer. he founded Central European Media Enter- A great moment in Mark Palmer’s career— traditional Franco-American dance and music. prises Ltd. which, with local partners, estab- and proof of how his ideas have shaped Michael Cantara is a highly regarded public lished, owned and operated the first politically events—was his role while in the Foreign servant, having previously served as Mayor of independent national television stations in the Service as co-drafter of President Ronald his hometown of Biddeford, York County Dis- , , , , Reagan’s great 1982 Westminster Hall ‘‘De- and Poland. He was a co-founder of trict Attorney, Maine Public Safety Commis- mocracy Crusade’’ speech on democracy and Television Development Partners and Signal sioner, and now as a District Court Judge. He human rights. The speech, whose every word One Media Corporation—ventures for the es- has long been an unyielding force for the had to be fought through a resistant bureauc- tablishment of independent, commercial sat- preservation of Maine’s Franco-American her- racy, was a critical step in moving the United ellite TV channels in the . He itage. States from a policy of accepting and con- chaired the advisory board of New Tang Dy- The Franco-American Hall of Fame will also taining communism to what became the suc- posthumously honor five Mainers for their out- cessful policy of peacefully challenging it. nasty Television, and strongly backed the standing contributions to the State of Maine: Thanks to Mark, the speech also led to the es- launch of the first uncensored satellite TV Leon Albert Guimond, Adolphe and Napoleon tablishment of the National Endowment for broadcasts into . In what may prove as great a contribution to Gingras, Louis Phillipe Gagne, and Camille Democracy—which he had proposed and later 21st century world freedom as those Mark Bolduc. served as a key board member. Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring After his Foreign Service career, Mark made during the 20th century, he led the effort these outstanding individuals as they are per- served for nearly twenty years as Vice Chair to establish a robust U.S. initiative to over- manently and fittingly recognized for their tre- of , one of America’s primary come the Internet firewalls of China, Iran and mendous contributions to the state of Maine human rights organizations. He was honorary other closed society regimes. Mark knew what and Franco-American culture. chair and co-founder of the International Man- the world’s dictators know—that Internet fire- f agement Center in , Hungary and walls are present day equivalents of the brick and barbed wire walls he helped bring down TRIBUTE TO MARK PALMER served on the boards of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, the in the 20th century. He knew what China’s Georgetown University Institute for the Study former Premier Hu Jintao has openly acknowl- HON. FRANK R. WOLF of Diplomacy, the Budapest International Cen- edged—that the ability of closed society re- OF VIRGINIA tre for Democratic Transition, the American gimes to ‘‘purify’’ the Internet is critical to their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Academy of Diplomacy, the Association for ability to remain in power. Thus, when millions of house church Christians freely and safely Wednesday, May 8, 2013 Diplomatic Studies and Training, the University of the District of Columbia, the Friends of conduct worship services over their mobile Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, there are some Falun Gong, and the Secretary of State’s Ad- phones in China, and when hundreds of thou- who argue that the world’s destinies are visory Committee on Democracy Promotion. sands of Iranians in and out of the country shaped by impersonal forces rather than by Mark was the brains and inspiration behind conduct interactive town meetings—as I be- the courage and determination of individual another great institution whose positive impact lieve will soon occur—this development will be men and women. will grow over the years. He helped to estab- a tribute to the vision that Mark inspired many I believe that historians of that persuasion lish the Community of , a global of us to share during the latter part of his pro- never met my friend, and freedom’s friend, assembly of democratic governments that now ductive life. Mark Palmer. I rise to celebrate the life of Am- meets annually in support of democracy and Mark came early to his activism in the bassador Mark Palmer, who died recently after human rights and to deepen the bonds be- cause of human rights, participating during the a characteristically brave and uncomplaining tween democratic governments. Mark served early 1960s in Freedom Bus rides and other twenty year battle against melanoma. as Vice Chair of the Community’s permanent civil rights demonstrations while a student at But for Mark’s controversial determination operating body, its Council. As but one exam- , from which he graduated while U.S. ambassador to Hungary that the ple of the Council’s work and Mark’s efforts on magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Tak- barbed wire fences between Hungary and its behalf, he initiated and helped write in- ing similar action, Mark regularly sought out Austria should be severed in order to allow creasingly influential training handbooks that and met with dissidents in Moscow and Bel- East Germans to leave the Communist orbit, guide U.S. diplomats and military officers to grade early in his career as a junior Foreign the Berlin Wall might still be standing. But for assist democratic promotion and transition. In Service Officer. As a private citizen, he re- his brave willingness to openly challenge Hun- Mark’s honor, the Council established Palmer turned to in 1996 to march with stu- gary’s Communist government when conven- Prizes for contributions by diplomats to the ad- dents against the criminal regime of then Ser- tional thinkers at the State Department and vancement of democracy that were first bian President Slobodan Milosevic. elsewhere were worried about the ‘‘desta- awarded in 2011 to diplomats from seven Patriotism is said to be an honorable com- bilizing’’ effects of a Communist collapse, the countries for pro-human rights efforts in such petition with one’s ancestors, and Mark had Soviet Empire might still be in power. But for nations as , and Zimbabwe. many models that helped make him the man Mark’s years of incomparably influential serv- A frequent author of policy and advocacy he became. He was born on July 14, 1941 in ice as a and pro-democracy ad- pieces to leading media outlets, and of expert Ann Arbor, Michigan to the late Captain Robie

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