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Congressional Record—Senate S11800 S11800 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð SENATE October 7, 1998 well. National and local media stars, Donovan knew better than anyone how Meg, was that we adjourn our practice ses- from Walter Cronkite to J.P. McCarthy to help a nominee navigate the shoals sion and re-convene at Chuck E. Cheese. It is have made themselves available to of the confirmation process in the Sen- typical that, when the hour of the party help. And sports stars, from Hockey ate. drew near, Meg excused herself, and did not ask but told her new boss, that she was head- Hall of Fame player Gordie Howe to On Saturday, Secretary Albright de- ing for Chuck E. Cheese. current Detroit Pistons star Grant livered the eulogy at Meg's funeral. When he was Secretary of State, George Hill, pitch in as needed. But as impres- Her heartfelt words aptly captured the Marshall used to tell his staff ``don't fight sive as this list of famous people is, many sides of Meg DonovanÐa devoted the problem, decide it, then take action.'' I United Way representatives will tell wife and mother, a dedicated and pas- suspect he would have liked Meg a lot be- you that it is the dedication and heart sionate government servant, and a cause, all her life, Meg was a doer. of the people of metropolitan Detroit woman whose zest for life was bound- Like quite a few others, she came to Wash- ington committed to the fight for tolerance which make the Torch Drive a success less. and respect for basic human rights for all year after year. Thanks to them, the Mr. President, I would like to take people. What set her apart is that she could United Way is able to support more this opportunity to extend my sincere still make that claim after having worked than 130 agencies in metropolitan De- sympathies to Meg's family. I also ask here 25 years. troit, providing assistance to people in that Secretary Albright's eulogy for Whether at the Helsinki Commission, or need and solutions to long term prob- Meg be printed in the RECORD. the House Committee on International Rela- tions, or the Department of State, Meg was lems like homelessness, substance EULOGY FOR MEG DONOVAN abuse, hunger and mental illness. one of the good guys. She could out-talk By Secretary of State Madeleine Albright anyone, but talk isn't what she was after. Mr. President, I have many reasons Father D'Silva; Duffy, Colin, Emma, Liam, She wanted change. to be proud to be a Detroiter. One of Mr. Daniel Donovan, Patrick, Paula, Mary She wanted Soviet Jews to be able to exer- the strongest reasons for my pride is Ellen, and other members of Meg Donovan's cise their right to emigrate. She wanted Ti- the generosity and warm-heartedness family; colleagues, friends and acquaint- betans to be able to preserve their heritage. of my neighbors. I hope my colleagues ances of Meg: She wanted prisoners of conscience to will join me in thanking the tens of There are times when it seems more fitting breathe the air of freedom. She wanted thousands of people who have made the just to stammer with emotion than to speak women to have the power to make choices with finely turned phrases. annual United Way Torch Drive such that would determine the course of their It does not seem fair; it is not fair that lives. an overwhelming success over the past Heaven, which already has so much, now has Above all, she wanted to draw on and draw 50 years, and in looking forward to the so much more. And that we here on Earth, out the best in America: the America that next 50 years of giving help and hope to who need so much, have lost someone who is would use its resources and power to help people in need in metropolitan De- irreplaceable in our hearts. others achieve the blessings we all too often troit.· This we know. Meg could not pass from one take for granted. world to the other without changing both. f These were her ideals, but Meg was more We are crushed with grief. But the scrip- than a dreamer. No one was more effective IN MEMORY OF MEG DONOVAN tures say that those who mourn are blessed than she at creating the coalitions, marshal- for they shall be comforted; and we are com- · Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, last ing the arguments and devising the strate- forted by the knowledge that, somewhere up gies that would yield concrete results. Thursday, Meg Donovan, Deputy As- above, God is getting an earful on human One of Meg's big problems was that she sistant Secretary of State for Legisla- rights. knew the system better and played it better tive Affairs, passed away after a pain- I did not become acquainted with Meg than anyone else. So, whenever we found ful struggle with cancer. Her death, far Donovan until I went to the State Depart- ourselves in a real legislative mess, which too early at age 47, has dimmed the ment in 1993. Like her, I was a mother of was not more than three or four times a light for all those who loved and knew three, including twins. I felt I understood week, we turned to Meg to help get us out. better than some others might the choices her: her husband, Stephen Duffy, her Around the Department and earlier in her and challenges she faced. But many of you years on Capitol Hill, Meg's energy and wis- three children Colin, Liam and Emma, knew her longer and more intimately than I. dom added sparkle to every meeting. When her father, Daniel Donovan, her sisters, I cannot capture her personality or her ca- she spoke, people listened. When she lis- Paula and Mary Ellen, her brother, reer in full. tened, people chose their words with care. Patrick, and her many friends and col- To me, if there is one word that sums up She was thoughtful and patient with those leagues in Washington. Meg, it is ``completeness.'' who, by virtue of experience or ability, need- Meg was a Washington veteran, hav- There are others in this town who are ed her help. She brought out the best in oth- ing worked in the nongovernmental af- smart and good at their jobs; others with a ers; just as she demanded the best from her- commitment to causes that are right and self. fair community for the National Con- just; others who bargain shrewdly and hard; ference on Soviet Jewry, in the Con- In our collective mind's eye, we can still others with a warm and wonderful sense of see her striding purposefully down a hall gress for nearly twenty years, and humor; others who understand the obliga- with her arms full of folders, trailed by some most recently in the Department of tions of friendship; others who are devoted hapless Ambassadorial nominee whose future State. Through all those years she has and loving to their families; others who have had been entrusted to Meg's capable hands. consistently been an advocate for the the discipline to live their faith. We see her, hugely pregnant, maneuvering downtrodden, for those who live in There may even be others with Christmas around swivel chairs and outthrust elbows on countries where the basic human rights sweaters that light up and play jingle bells. the cramped dais of the House International But rarely have the elements of true char- and freedoms which we take for grant- Relations Committee. acter been so artfully mixed as they were in We see her serious and firm, forearms ed are denied. They could have had no Meg Donovan. Van Gogh is arriving in Wash- chopping the air for emphasis, persuading us better champion than Meg Donovan. ington; but a human masterpiece is gone. with eloquence and passion that doing the Meg was invaluable to me and my When I was designated by President Clin- right thing is also the smart thing. staff during the years that I served as ton to serve as Secretary of State, I did what We see her relaxing at an office party, gold Chairman of the International Oper- my predecessor, Warren Christopher, did. I bracelets flashing, surrounded by flowers ations Subcommittee, which had juris- turned to the person with the best instincts from her garden, a cherub's face aglow with diction over the authorization bill for in Washington on how to deal with our health and life, and her 100 megawatt smile friends on Capitol Hill. That was Meg. We the State Department, USIA and the turned on full. began preparing in December. We see her where she most belonged, with international broadcasting agencies. Now, naturally, I thought the President Duffy, her partner of 24 years, and with their When we needed information, she en- had made a brilliant choice for the job, but children. sured that we got it. She was an articu- I had to wonder, as we went along in prac- And as we see her, we also hear that inimi- late advocate for the Administration's tice, and Meg corrected and improved upon table laugh, which was not exactly musical, positions and an effective deal maker my every answer on every subject, whether but which conveyed a love and enjoyment of when the time was right. And as Sec- there was anyone more qualified to be Sec- living that somehow makes what happened retary of State Albright, former Sec- retary of State than she.
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