[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 28 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S2016]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           DR. PIERCE BLITCH

  Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I rise today and ask my colleagues to 
join me in extending condolences to the family and loved ones of Dr. 
Pierce Blitch, Jr., of Augusta, GA, who passed away on Wednesday, 
February 12, 1997. Dr. Blitch leaves a proud and indelible legacy for 
his family, profession, and community. He spent his professional and 
personal life dedicated to the field of medicine. After completing 
service to his country in the Navy during World War II, he graduated 
from the Medical College of Georgia in 1952. Dr. Blitch embarked on his 
medical career with an internship at University Hospital and a 
cardiology fellowship at Massachusettes General Hospital in Boston. He 
was active on staff at University Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital from 
1956 until 1996. At University Hospital he served as a member of the 
executive committee and chief of staff and chairman of the department 
of medicine from 1976 until 1981. Dr. Blitch then went on to teach at 
the Medical College of Georgia as an instructor in the department of 
medicine in 1956, clinical professor of medicine in 1976 and ultimately 
awarded professor emeritus of medicine in 1992. He was truly a public 
servant and devoted leader of his field. He will remain a role model to 
the medical community for generations to come. I am proud of this 
fellow Georgian, his achievements and his contributions to our State 
and country. His passing is a great loss for the community.

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