[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 14, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[Congressional Record: September 14, 1994]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

 
                     MEMORIAL FOR PAUL V. MONAGHAN

  Mr. COHEN. Mr. President, I would like to note with sadness a 
memorial service being held today in Washington for Paul V. Monaghan, a 
reporter for Griffin-Larrabee News Service who wrote for many years for 
newspapers in my home State of Maine.
  Paul died September 2 after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He 
was only 45.
  Paul was a native of Weymouth, MA. He graduated from Archbishop 
Williams High School in Braintree and Bridgewater State College and 
received a master's degree in journalism from the University of 
Massachusetts at Amherst.
  Among Paul's duties was covering Capitol Hill for the Times Record in 
Brunswick, ME. That assignment included following closely legislation 
affecting Bath Iron Works, Maine's largest private employer. He pursued 
this assignment with diligence, intelligence and the knowledge and 
understanding of defense policy and congressional procedures to bring 
insight to the process. His readers in Brunswick were fortunate indeed 
to have benefit of his many years of experience.
  But Paul was known for much more than his professionalism. We will 
miss most his engaging good humor and his ready smile. He was soft 
spoken but persistent, mild mannered but firm. He carried out his 
duties with grace and charm--and he had the ability to get the 
information he needed without resorting to bombast or unpleasantness.
  Paul's most difficult challenge came months ago when he was diagnosed 
with brain cancer. His treatment was difficult; his prognosis poor. Yet 
he maintained his customary good humor, and he never stopped looking 
ahead. Paul used his time between treatments to study at the Library of 
Congress, and he talked repeatedly of becoming healthy enough to return 
to his post in the Senate Press Gallery.
  I know that Paul will be missed by his family--his sisters Judy and 
Kathy and his brothers Michael, Mark, Richard, and especially Brian, 
who cared for him during his illness.
  We will miss him, too--for the dignity with which he carried out his 
duties and the courage with which he faced his last and most difficult 
assignment.

                          ____________________