[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 43 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E641-E642]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO LARRY HORAN

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 14, 1997

  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
man who is truly one of a kind. Larry Horan, who made his mark as a 
star college athlete before becoming a star director of the Peace Corps 
in El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Colombia, where I served, was honored 
last weekend for his many contributions as chairman of the board of the 
Special Olympics of Northern California. It was quite a tribute. Few 
men have had as positive an impact on those around him as Larry Horan.
  In my own life, Larry has been a model. A defender of the common man 
and woman, Larry has spent his career standing up for those values that 
represent the best in all of us. A graduate of the University of 
California,

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Berkeley, where he earned both undergraduate and law degrees in the 
1950's, Larry's first venture into the working world consisted of a 5-
year tour in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office where he 
served on the senior trial staff and worked hard for the people. In 
1960, Larry further distinguished himself by joining forces with my 
father, former California State Senator Fred Farr, in the Law Offices 
of Farr, Horan & Lloyd, and served with distinction until a greater 
calling came.
  Like many of us who followed the vision of our valiant President, 
John F. Kennedy, Larry decided the best gift he could give the world 
was one of service. He enlisted in the Peace Corps to make the world a 
better place and worked hard for 3 years to improve the plight of those 
living in the Central and South American countries where he lived with 
his wife Jean and where his youngest daughter, Maureen, was born. In 
1967, Larry was named regional director of the Office of Economic 
Opportunity for the Western United States. Larry returned to 
California's beautiful central coast in 1970 where he became president 
and founding member of the Law Offices of Horan, Lloyd, Karachale, Dyer 
& Schwartz and Law & Cook Inc.
  While working to benefit his local community, Larry has also given of 
himself in countless other ways. Sitting on the board of directors of 
the Monterey Institute of International Studies, he also serves as a 
trustee of the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation, on the board of 
advisors of the Big Sur Land Trust, as an advisor of the Friends of 
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, on the Board of Directors of the 
Franciscan Workers and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the 
Special Olympics of northern California, the organization that honored 
him.
  I could go on and on about Larry Horan. To me, he symbolizes the very 
best qualities of the American spirit. Generous and compassionate to a 
tee, Larry is one of those very unique people who profoundly impacts 
all those he touches. He is a natural-born leader and deeply deserving 
of all the praise we can bestow upon him.

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