[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 135 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO WALT MOSHER

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                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 25, 1996

  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to pay tribute to my dear 
friend Walt Mosher, the recipient of the 1996 Nelle Reagan Award for 
Distinguished Community Service by the Olive-View UCLA Medical 
Foundation. Knowing Walt as I do, I cannot think of a more qualified 
candidate to receive an award predicated on philanthropy and 
volunteerism. Despite a hectic schedule, Walt always seems to have time 
for important causes.
  The numbers are truly staggering: Walt has donated more than 25,000 
hours of personal service and hundreds of thousands of dollars to 
scores of charities, civic organizations, committees, and task forces 
in the San Fernando Valley and elsewhere. Those he has helped in one 
way or another include the San Fernando YMCA Child Care Program, the 
American Heart Association, the San Fernando Police Advisory Council, 
the American Cancer Society, and the American Heart Association. Walt 
has also assumed a leadership role with the Valley Industry and 
Commerce Association, a key business advocacy organization in the San 
Fernando Valley.
  Somehow Walt manages to stay intimately involved with his community 
while running a $28 million a year business that employs several 
hundred people. In 1956 he cofounded Precision Dynamics Corp., which 
was established to manufacture and distribute products in the health 
care field. One year later, he became president, a position he has held 
ever since.
  Walt is also an educated man; he has a Ph.D., in engineering from 
UCLA. I have enjoyed many stimulating conversations with him over the 
years about business and political matters.
  I ask my colleagues to join me today in saluting Walt Mosher, whose 
selflessness and dedication is a shining example to us all. I am proud 
to be close friends with him and his wife, Beckaa.

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