22084 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 8, 2001 PERSONAL EXPLANATION foster equity of education for all students. Dr. Worcester, AIDS Action Committee (Boston), McNeil’s volunteer activities include serving as Healthy Boston Coalition for GLBT Youth, HON. BETTY McCOLLUM a board member for the Alliance for Edu- Massachusetts Prevention Center, Massachu- OF MINNESOTA cation, the Age Center of Worcester, the setts Department of Education, and Massa- EcoTarium, and a member of the Distribution IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES chusetts Department of Social Services. He Committee of the Health Foundation of Central served as member of the City of Worcester Thursday, November 8, 2001 Mass. She is also a board member of Greater Human Rights Commission from 1997–2000. Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I unavoid- Worcester Community Foundation, Family He is currently a member of the Arts Worces- ably missed votes on November 6, 2001 be- Services and the Worcester Art Museum. ter Board of Directors. Mr. Toney, his partner, cause I was in my congressional district on of- Bishop Daniel Patrick Reilly, installed as the and his daughter are currently working on a ficial business. I would like the record to re- fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese book for children, which truly reflects all as- flect that had I been present, I would have of Worcester in December 1994, is a beloved pects of diversity. voted yea on rollcall votes 426, 427, and 428. leader. His efforts in Worcester resulted in the f f formation of the covenant with the New Eng- land Synod (Lutheran), the Episcopal Diocese HONORING RANDY KEVORKIAN LEADERS TAKING ACTION FOR of Western Massachusetts and the Roman INCLUSION Catholic Diocese of Worcester and Springfield. HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH He was one of the essential leaders in the OF CALIFORNIA HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN aftermath of the loss of six Worcester fire IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fighters in December of 1999. He studied for OF MASSACHUSETTS Thursday, November 8, 2001 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the priesthood at Our Lady of Providence Mi- nors Seminary, Warwick, RI and ordained to Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise Thursday, November 8, 2001 the priesthood on May 30, 1953 after five today to honor Randy Kevorkian for receiving Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today years of philosophical and theological study at the Distinguished Service Award from the Cali- to join Worcester County and The National the Grand Seminaire in Saint Brieue, France. fornia Department of Corrections. The Cali- Conference for Community and Justice in hon- Following his ordination, Bishop Reilly served fornia Department of Corrections presents the oring four individuals for their promotion of un- at SS. Peter & Paul Cathedral Parish, Provi- award annually to employees who go above derstanding and respect among all races, reli- dence as an associate pastor. He also pur- and beyond the call of duty. gions and cultures. John S. Hamilton, Dr. sued graduate studies in Business Administra- Randy Kevorkian is a Parole Agent III. He Ogretta V. McNeil, Most Rev. Daniel P. Reilly, tion at Boston College and Harvard University. has been an agent since 1988 and has and Albert M. Toney III, dedicated themselves He served 22 years as a priest in the Diocese worked in numerous assignments in the to fighting bias, bigotry and racism in America of Providence. In June 1975, Pope Paul VI Visalia and Fresno parole offices. Kevorkian and making the nation a better place for all of named him Bishop of the Diocese of Norwich, organized the ‘‘Another Way’’ program, a juve- us. CT, where he served until being named the nile delinquency prevention and intervention Mr. Hamilton put into action his belief that Bishop of Worcester. Bishop Reilly has held program in the Central Valley. The program al- small, culturally diverse businesses make the many posts in the National Conference of lows parole agents and parolees to speak with difference in the economic viability of their Catholic Bishops (NCCB); he currently sits on atrisk kids about the dangers of drugs and communities. He has been a strong advocate the NCCB’s Committee on Pastoral Practices. gangs. for under-served populations, especially minor- He rendered great support and assistance to Over the past 13 years, Kevorkian has ad- ity and women owned small businesses. Ac- Haiti and to India and their people. Currently dressed more than 85,000 young people and tive with Centro Las Americas and the Busi- he is a member of the boards of trustees at made more than 1,200 presentations at junior ness Inclusion Council, and the Martin Luther The Catholic Near East Welfare Association, and senior high schools, local juvenile halls King Business Empowerment Center, he was Assumption College, and Saint Vincent Hos- and group homes. named Massachusetts Financial Services Ad- pital. He holds Honorary doctoral degrees The Distinguished Service Medal is awarded vocate of the Year (1999) by the US Small from Anna Maria College, Assumption Col- for an employee’s exemplary work conduct Business Administration. Mr. Hamilton was the lege, and the College of the Holy Cross, in with the department for a period of months or driving force behind obtaining funding for the Worcester. years, or involvement in a specific assignment establishment of the Martin Luther King Busi- Mr. Al Toney’s life work is the elimination of of unusual benefit to the department. ness Empowerment Center. He was instru- homophobia and racism. As a self-identified Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Randy mental in Bay State Savings Bank sponsor- gay African American male, he has experi- Kevorkian for earning the Distinguished Serv- ship of the successful grant application for the enced homophobia and racism first hand. A ice Award from the California Department of renovation of the Odd Fellows Hall on Main former Worcester Police Officer, Mr. Toney Corrections. I urge my colleagues to join me Street, which will provide low income housing has served in leadership position for the Gay in wishing Mr. Kevorkian many more years of for families in Worcester. In 1995 and 1996, Officers Action League of New England, the continued success. under Mr. Hamilton’s leadership, Bay State Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Central Mass., f Savings Bank was one of the top 5 SBA lend- and the City of Worcester Human Rights Com- ers to minority-owned businesses in the Com- mission. In 1997, he founded the Safe Homes HONORING OUR DEFENDERS OF monwealth of Massachusetts, Mr. Hamilton of Central Massachusetts, an organization that DEMOCRACY was recently appointed President of Medway provides mentoring programs, consulting serv- Cooperative Savings Bank. ices for alternative foster parenting programs, HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY Dr. McNeil came to Worcester in 1956 to at- and a drop in recreation and resource center. OF NEW YORK tend graduate school at Clark University; she Beginning as a group of concerned citizens, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES never left and has made the City of Worcester with Mr. Toney’s leadership this program was her home. Dr. McNeil has served on the fac- recently adopted as a formal program of The Thursday, November 8, 2001 ulty of Assumption College, Anna Maria Col- Bridge of Central Massachusetts. As early as Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speak- lege, and the College of the Holy Cross. Dur- 1984 when he started college with a major in er, the tragic events of September 11th make ing the course of her 27-year career at the urban studies, he was concerned with creating the observance of Veterans Day particularly College of the Holy Cross, she served as safe, inclusive communities for all people. His poignant this year. Engaged in a battle, dif- Chairwoman of the Department of Psychology, focus was initially directed to enforcement ferent from any other in our nation’s history, Director of African American Studies, and As- through course work in Criminal Justice and we are once again calling upon the brave sistant Dean. Her election as the President of service as a police officer (March 1987–April members of the U.S. Armed Forces to defend the New England Psychological Association 1995). After the tragic death of his life partner, democracy and freedom, Since we began the symbolized her professional achievement. In Mr. Toney’s energies shifted to a new focus, tradition of honoring American veterans after 1998 Dr. McNeil was elected to the Worcester homophobia. Mr. Toney has worked as a con- World War I, Veterans Day has passed with school committee where she has worked to sultant and program director for AIDS Project varying degrees of observance. 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