[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 137 (Saturday, September 28, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1814]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO ARTHUR JAY FARO

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 27, 1996

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Arthur Jay 
Faro, an outstanding health administrator and a respected citizen, on 
the occasion of the celebration of his 32 years of dedicated service to 
the Sequoia Hospital District and our community.
  Mr. Faro, a graduate of the University of Vermont and recipient of a 
Masters in Business Administration from George Washington University, 
began his career with Sequoia Hospital in 1964 as Director of Personnel 
and Services and became Chief Executive in 1989. Since that time he has 
served with the diligence and distinction that have marked all his 
years at Sequoia. His unparalleled leadership and consensus-building 
skills were critical to seeing Sequoia Hospital and the Sequoia 
Hospital District through its growth in size and reputation, through 
some of its most difficult decisions, including the most recent one to 
save the hospital by affiliating with Catholic Healthcare West.
  Mr. Faro currently serves as a member of the Sequoia Health Services 
Board of Directors. He has served as a member and director of many 
professional organizations, including the Hospital Consortium of San 
Mateo County, the American College of Health Care Executives and the 
West Bay Hospital Conference. He currently serves on the Board of the 
American Heart Association (San Mateo Chapter) and the Heart 
Association California Affiliate, the Redwood City Chamber of Commerce, 
the Sequoia Hospital Employees Credit Union and the Advisory Board of 
Bay Area Bank. He has served in the past as an advisor or director of 
the Committee for Radiology Technologist Education, the Sequoia Union 
High School District, the Sequoia YMCA, and the Sequoia Chapter of the 
American Red Cross. He also served honorably in our Nation's Armed 
Forces.
  Art Faro is a licensed commercial pilot, a certified scuba diver, and 
an ardent photographer, jogger, bicyclist, backpacker and traveler.
  Mr. Speaker, Art Faro has been an extraordinary leader in San Mateo 
County and has given important public service to his community and the 
Sequoia Hospital District. I've been privileged to work closely with 
him and I'm proud to call him my friend. I ask my colleagues to join me 
in saluting Art Faro as he retires from Sequoia Hospital and wish him 
well as he embarks on new chapters in life.

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