[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 117 (Thursday, August 18, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                     TRIBUTE TO PEARL MAZE MacLEECH

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                       HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, August 18, 1994

  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor for me to pay tribute 
to the life of Mrs. Pearl Maze MacLeech, cofounder and secretary of the 
senior citizens club at Angelus Plaza. With her death on August 12, 
1994, Mrs. MacLeech has left a legacy of dedication and commitment to 
the senior citizen community.
  Mrs. Pearl Maze MacLeech was born in New York City on October 5, 
1908. She spent her teenage years on her family's ranch in Freehold, 
NJ. Determined to learn from life's classroom, Pearl left home at 16 
and moved to New York City, where she successfully advocated for the 
American Association of Retarded Children and the Foundation for the 
Blind. She was a cofounder of the Institute for Handicapped Adolescents 
and Young Adults.
  In 1955, she married Bert MacLeech. The couple moved to southern 
California where Mr. MacLeech joined the University of Southern 
California's faculty in 1967. Pearl and Bert's home became a satellite 
classroom where students shared their intellectual and cultural 
pursuits.
  When Bert retired, they moved to Angelus Plaza in Los Angeles, where 
they cofounded the senior citizens club. The club is one of the largest 
local senior advocacy groups in the Nation.
  I wish to extend my sympathy to the MacLeech family and friends. 
Thanks to the work of Ms. Pearl Maze MacLeech, the lives of the 
elderly, the physically challenged, and all who knew her have been 
enriched.
  I will always be eternally grateful for having the privilege of 
knowing her as a constituent, but more importantly, as a friend.

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