[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E285-E286]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    A TRIBUTE TO DR. LEONARD BAILEY

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 6, 1996

  Mr. LEWIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to your attention the 
fine work and outstanding public service of Dr. Leonard Bailey of Loma 
Linda, CA. On March 12, Dr. Bailey, a pioneer in infant heart 
transplants, will be appropriately honored for his contributions to the 
health of children, with the dedication of a 10-acre park named in his 
honor in Loma Linda.
  Dr. Bailey is a world famous authority on infant cardiac 
transplantation and his education, training, and professional 
accomplishments are very well known. In 1984, Dr. Bailey first received 
attention with the transplantation of a baboon heart into a 12-day-old 
girl. While the infant, known around the world as Baby Faye, died 3 
weeks later, she was the first of many infant heart transplants. Eddie 
Anguiano--who was known as Baby Moses when he was given a human heart 
transplant as a four-day-old baby in 1984--is today a healthy, active 
youngster as a result of Dr. Bailey's work.
  Dr. Bailey is chairman of the department of surgery and surgeon-in-
chief of the Loma Linda University Children's Hospital. He is professor 
of surgery in the School of Medicine of

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Loma Linda University and directs surgical training programs at the 
University Medical Center.
  In 1989, the city of Loma Linda purchased a 10-acre parcel of land 
adjacent to the Bryn Mawr Elementary School. Elmer Digneo, then mayor 
of Loma Linda, suggested that because the park was adjacent to an 
elementary school, it be named after Dr. Bailey for his lifelong 
dedication to the health of children. On February 13, 1990 the local 
city council officially named the park the Leonard Bailey Park. Work is 
now underway to provide diverse recreational use--a baseball diamond, 
tennis courts, a full-sized soccer field, facilities for little league 
baseball, and others--at the park. Dr. Bailey joins Mayor Digneo and 
Hulda Crooks as two local citizens distinguished by parks named in 
their honor.
  Mr. Speaker, I have known Dr. Bailey and have admired his work for a 
great many years. A photograph of Dr. Bailey and many of the children 
he has provided with a second chance, hangs proudly in my office. I ask 
that you join me, our colleagues, and many of Dr. Bailey's friends and 
colleagues in recognizing his remarkable achievements at the official 
dedication of the Leonard Bailey Park in Loma Linda.

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