[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 110 (Wednesday, August 10, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: August 10, 1994]
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                TRIBUTE TO ANN MARGARET GALLIGAN DeNOIA

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                           HON. SAM GEJDENSON

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, August 10, 1994

  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, Ann Margaret Galligan DeNoia, who died on 
August 3, 1994, at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT, gave real 
meaning to term ``public servant.''
  Her Irish wit added to the warm personality she brought to her 
assignments in government at the State and Federal levels over more 
than three decades.
  For 10 years, between 1981 and 1991, she served as executive 
assistant to Gov. William O'Neill, handling the myriad of duties in an 
efficient and kindly manner.
  Describing her work in its obituary, the Hartford Current noted that 
``she handled visitors (to the Governor's office) with the charms of a 
small-time diner waitress but could sternly get rid of the most 
persistent visitors, too.''
  Mrs. DeNoia's career included a tenure in the early 1960's on the 
staff of Abraham A. Ribicoff when he was Secretary of the U.S. 
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. She also worked with Mr. 
O'Neill during his service to Connecticut in the General Assembly and 
as Lieutenant Governor between 1971 and 1981. For 3 years before her 
death, she worked for the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.
  She had been active in Democratic Party operations since her teenage 
years when she started as a volunteer in the campaign of her brother, 
William Galligan of West Hartford, who ran for the general assembly. 
Subsequently, she assisted the Democratic entities and programs.
  Government produces many good people and some great people. Ann 
Margaret Galligan DeNoia was one of the great, great individuals to 
bless government with her presence. Ann was a close personal friend 
whom I and many others will miss--we share the loss with her husband, 
Dick.

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