[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 94 (Friday, June 9, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1216]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


   DR. HADEN McKAY RETIRES AS MAYOR OF HUMBLE, TX, AFTER DECADES OF 
                                SERVICE

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                            HON. JACK FIELDS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 8, 1995
  Mr. FIELDS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, for most of us who call Humble, TX, 
home, and who voted in city elections on May 6, it was unprecedented: 
For the first time in our adult lives, Dr. Haden E. McKay was not on 
the ballot for mayor. At 87 years young, Mayor McKay had decided that 
the rigors of balancing a medical practice and leading a city of 14,000 
people simply did not allow him enough time with Lillian, his wife of 
54 years.
  I could easily take up an hour or tow of the House's time listing 
honors that have been accorded Mayor McKay, citing his amazing catalog 
of medical society memberships, and reading Dr. McKay's truly 
impressive civic accomplishments. But for those of us who know him and 
respect him, that simply wouldn't do this great man justice.
  Haden McKay is more--far more--than a list of medical society honors 
and civic memberships. Since he began his medical practice in Humble in 
1938, Dr. McKay has been a guiding force in my hometown. Dr. McKay has 
seen Humble grow from a small town with board walks and dirt streets to 
a modern community that is home to Houston Intercontinental Airport and 
a wide variety of other businesses and industries. Dr. McKay has done 
more than observe such changes; he, more than any other single 
individual, is responsible for bringing about that transformation.
  Mr. Speaker, Haden McKay has served his community as a medical 
professional as well as public official for well over half a century. 
And in an interview with the Houston Chronicle in 1991, he explained 
that he chose a career in doctoring for the same reason he chose to 
enter public service: to help people. I dare say there aren't too many 
people in Humble whose lives haven't been touched directly and 
significantly by Dr. McKay. During his medical career, he's brought 
more than 4,000 babies into this world. And even those he didn't 
deliver have been helped through Dr. McKay's successful efforts to 
responsibly guide Humble through changing times and toward a better 
future for all of its people.
  Haden McKay has helped others as a caring doctor, as a courageous 
member of the U.S. Army Medical Corps, and as a concerned public 
servant. He has enjoyed well-deserved success in each of those areas. 
His medical practice provided accessible health care to an entire 
community. At the time of his discharge from the Army, he held the rank 
of major. And during his years as city council member and mayor, Humble 
has grown larger without losing the high quality of life we have always 
enjoyed in Humble.
  Mr. McKay may no longer hold the title of ``Mayor of Humble,'' but he 
will forever be known as ``Mr. Humble'' to his friends and neighbors. 
While we all wish Humble's new mayor, Wilson Archer, the very best of 
luck as he begins his first term as mayor, we all know that he has some 
very, very big boots to fill.
  Mr. Speaker, thank you for this opportunity to salute a man who I 
respect almost as a second father. I know you and all of my colleagues 
join with me in wishing Dr. McKay and his wife, Lilian, many, many 
years of the same good health and happiness they have given to so many 
of us in Humble, TX, throughout their lives.


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