[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 54 (Thursday, March 23, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E673]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             HONORING OLYMPIC DIVING CHAMPION PAT McCORMICK

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                       HON. ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 23, 1995
  Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Olympic Diving Champion 
Pat McCormick. Pat is America's most successful female Olympic diver, 
having won two Gold medals at the 1952 Melbourne Games and two more at 
the 1956 Helsinki Games.
  At Melbourne, Pat won both the 10 meter platform and 3 meter 
springboard competition. She repeated her Gold Medal performance in 
both events at Helsinki. She is the only woman to have ever won four 
Gold Medals in these events. Adding to her Olympic Golds, Pat also 
garnered 27 National Diving Titles during her illustrious career. She 
received additional recognition in 1956 when she was awarded the 
coveted Sports Illustrated Sullivan Award as the Nation's most 
outstanding amateur athlete of the year.
  Pat, a long-time resident of Seal Beach, CA, will be inducted into 
the Orange County Sports Hall of Fame, on March 25, 1995. On display at 
the Hall of Fame in the ``Pat McCormick Exhibit,'' will be her four 
Olympic Gold Medals.
  Following her retirement from competition, Pat established the Pat 
McCormick Education Foundation to provide at-risk students an 
opportunity to graduate from high school and pursue a college 
education. The Education Foundation provides motivation, counseling, 
tutoring, and funding all the way through college for participating 
students. As told by Pat on numerous occasions, the foundation has 
helped high school students destined for academic failure to become 
honor students at many of our Nation's top universities.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with pride that I rise to recognize Pat McCormick 
on the occasion of her Gold Medal Retirement Celebration, and I ask my 
colleagues to join me in extending best wishes and congratulations to 
Pat, our Gold Medal champion.


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