[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S17010-S17011]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING DESMOND AND MARY ANN LEE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION 
                            IN ST. LOUIS, MO

  Mr. ASHCROFT. Mr. President, today I rise to honor two dear friends 
of mine whose generosity and giving spirit have made a positive impact 
on many throughout their home of St. Louis, MO. This week Desi and Mary 
Ann Lee were honored by the Missouri Botanical Garden as winners of the 
1995 Henry Shaw Medal, the highest honor presented by the Garden. The 
Lees were honored for their generosity and service to the Botanical 
Garden by their establishment of the E. Desmond Lee and Family 
education program. The program is designed to improve science education 
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schools in the city of St. Louis by giving teachers expanded 
opportunities for training and resources in science education. The 
program also increases opportunities available to students using the 
Botanical Gardens, the St. Louis Science Center, and the St. Louis Zoo 
creating a partnership to improve science education in St. Louis. Desi 
and Mary Ann also gave the gift that allowed the Botanical Garden to 
purchase and renovate a building near the Garden to provide needed 
space and classroom facilities for the Garden's education program.
  The Lee's generosity toward the education programs at the Botanical 
Gardens is but one of many ways that their commitment to their home of 
St. Louis is evident. Desmond Lee graduated from the Washington 
University School of Business in St. Louis in 1940 after founding the 
Lee/Rowan Co. while still a student. He has served on countless boards 
of directors in the St. Louis area, including the St. Louis Science 
Center, the St. Louis Symphony, and the St. Louis Zoo. An elder in his 
local Presbyterian Church, Desi Lee has also received many awards in 
the St. Louis community for his service, including an honorary 
doctorate of humane letters from the University of Missouri at St. 
Louis in 1995, and the 1995 A World of Difference Community Service 
Award.
  I rise today to salute my good friends for not only their service to 
the Missouri Botanical Garden for which they received the Henry Shaw 
Medal this week, but for their lifelong dedication to their home of St. 
Louis, where they have worked and given tirelessly to improved life for 
all who call St. Louis home.
  I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislation clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ashcroft). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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