[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 64 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5397-S5398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


        HONORING THE 1995 KIMBALL HUMANITARIAN AWARD RECIPIENTS

  Mr. BRADLEY. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to three 
outstanding citizens of New Jersey who are being honored by the Kimball 
Medical Center Foundation of Lakewood, NJ on Wednesday, April 12, 1995.
  At the Ninth Annual Awards Program, Edmund Bennett, Jr., Thomas F. 
Kelaher, Esq., and Robert H. Ogle will each receive the Kimball 
Humanitarian Award as a way to recognize ``extraordinary leadership to 
the nonprofit sector of society, to acknowledge distinguished service 
towards the advancement of health care, and to honor individuals whose 
daily lives reflect the essence of humanitarianism.''
  Today, when the fragile ecology of our social environment is as 
threatened as that of our natural environment, I am delighted to have 
the opportunity to pay tribute to the efforts of these three 
individuals who recognize the importance of civil society. 
Civilizations cannot be constructed out of government and markets 
alone--we must also have a healthy and robust [[Page S5398]] civic 
sector--a place in which the bonds of community can flourish.
  Edmund Bennett, Thomas Kelaher and Robert Ogle recognize that civil 
society is the place where Americans make their home, sustain their 
marriages and raise their kids. They know that civil society is in our 
schools, fraternities, community centers, churches, PTAs, libraries and 
local voluntary associations. They recognize that a sense of common 
purpose and consensus need to be forged to tackle our nations' 
problems. Civil society is the sphere of our most basic humanity--the 
personal, everyday realm that is governed by values such as 
responsibility, trust, fraternity, solidarity and love. With every 
meeting attended, board sat on, speech delivered and helping hand that 
is extended, these three men challenge the notion that life today is 
too fastpaced and global in scope for individuals to make a difference 
in their own communities. I salute Edmund Bennett, Thomas Kelaher and 
Robert Ogle for their spirit of volunteerism, leadership among local 
voluntary organizations and their continuing contributions to their 
community.

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