[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 136 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1736-E1737]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TRIBUTE TO DAN STILL

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 26, 1996

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, service in the field of public and mental 
health is demanding and admirable. Dan Still has been performing work 
in this arena for his entire career, a career which began with the U.S. 
Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control [CDC] working on the 
epidemiology of communicable diseases. Subsequently, he accepted an 
assignment with the New York City Department of Health and served as 
the administrative director of childhood lead poisoning and control, 
and later as the deputy administrator of the Department of Health.
  When the New York city Health Services Administration was dissolved, 
Mr. Still assisted in the establishment of the Department of Mental 
Health Retardation and Alcoholism

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Services. He was later appointed assistant commissioner for 
administration, with a subsequent promotion to deputy commissioner for 
management and budget.
  Mr. Still has extensive expertise in the financing of community 
mental hygiene programs and helped develop and implement numerous 
reforms of the system in New York State, culminating in the Community 
Mental Health Resources Act of 1993, landmark legislation that 
reinvests mental health funding from State psychiatric facilities to 
community services.
  Dan is married to Lydia Still, an early childhood teacher, and they 
have two children in college. Mr. Still is active in an array of 
community activities and civic organizations. I am pleased to commend 
him for his efforts and contributions.

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