[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 144 (Thursday, October 6, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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           HENRY LUCE III HONORED FOR COMMITMENT TO THE ARTS

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 5, 1994

  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring to the attention of 
my colleagues an important event which will take place in my district 
on Tuesday, October 11. On that day, the American Association of 
Museums will present Henry Luce III, chairman and CEO of the Henry Luce 
Foundation, with the AAM Medal for Distinguished Philanthropy. The 
presentation will be given at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  Mr. Speaker, no award could be more deserved. Henry Luce III, has 
spent a lifetime contributing to American art. Beginning in 1956, when 
he supervised the construction of the Time-Life building in Rockefeller 
Center, Mr. Luce's love and commitment to the arts has grown over the 
past four decades.
  In 1982, the Henry Luce Foundation created its first formal support 
program for the arts. After considering where resources were most 
necessary, the foundation embarked upon a critically important quest to 
support art museums--perhaps the most important intellectual resource 
in the field of the arts.
  And during the past 12 years, the foundation has provided a huge 
boost to American art. By giving over $30 million in support of 
catalogs and exhibitions at major and minor museums across the country, 
the Henry Luce Foundation has brought remarkable American art to those 
who otherwise would never have had the chance to see it.
  It is, of course, particularly appropriate that Mr. Luce will be 
honored at the Metropolitan for his contributions. For it is at the Met 
that the Henry Luce Foundation made possible, by a gift of $3.5 
million, the creation of the Henry Luce Center for the Study of 
American Art. The Luce Center has made available an entire collection 
of wondrous works which had never before been accessible to the public. 
And the center, with its high-technology computer system, represents a 
new step forward in the integration of art and technology.
  Mr. Speaker, art gives our lives meaning. It uplifts our spirits, it 
challenges us; the need to express ourselves is, after all, our must 
unique human quality. When we support the arts, we make it possible for 
humanity to move forward. Henry Luce III, has truly earned recognition 
for his distinguished philanthropy, and I hope all of my colleagues 
here will join the American Association of Museums in congratulating 
him for his achievements.

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