III 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 88 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 28, 2007 Mr. Kerry (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Honoring the extraordinary achievements of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.

Whereas February is widely recognized as Black History Month; Whereas Deval Patrick was born in Chicago, Illinois but, after receiving what he has described as a life-changing education at Milton Academy, has made Milton, Massachusetts his home; Whereas Deval Patrick is the second African American elected Governor in the history of the United States; Whereas Deval Patrick has been a pioneer his entire life and was the first member of his family to attend college; Whereas Deval Patrick graduated with honors from Harvard College in 1978; Whereas Deval Patrick was elected president of the Legal Aid Bureau while attending Harvard Law School and worked to defend poor families in Middlesex County, Massachusetts during law school; Whereas Deval Patrick spent many successful years at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund, devoting his efforts to antidiscrimination and voting rights cases; Whereas Deval Patrick served as a partner at the Boston law firm of Hill and Barlow and took on many pro bono cases, including a landmark lending scam case filed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Whereas Deval Patrick was appointed Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, the Nation's top civil rights enforcement post, by President Bill Clinton; Whereas Deval Patrick served with distinction as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, investigating church burnings, prosecuting hate crimes and abortion clinic violence, holding public employers accountable for job discrimination, ensuring access to housing free of discrimination, protecting the right to vote, and enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and other important civil rights laws; Whereas Deval Patrick returned to private practice with the Boston law firm Day, Berry, and Howard in 1997; Whereas Deval Patrick was appointed by a Federal district court in 1997 to serve as the first chairperson of Texaco's Equality and Fairness Task Force, and was charged with rebuilding the company’s system of employment practices following the settlement of a significant race discrimination case against the company; Whereas, beginning in 1999, Deval Patrick served as president and general counsel of Texaco and subsequently executive vice president and general counsel of Coca-Cola before returning to Massachusetts to run for Governor; Whereas Deval Patrick shows great promise as the Commonwealth’s new Governor; and Whereas Deval Patrick is aided in his service to Massachusetts by his loving wife Diane and his daughters Sarah and Katherine: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1)honors the extraordinary achievements of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick; (2)offers its appreciation for Deval Patrick’s continuing devotion to the people of Massachusetts; and (3)congratulates Deval Patrick on his historic election as Governor of Massachusetts and becoming the second African-American Governor in the history of the United States.