[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 60 (Friday, May 9, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S4277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATHARINE HEPBURN

  Mr. DODD. I join together with my colleague from Connecticut, Senator 
Lieberman, in recognizing the birthday of an individual with whom we 
are all familiar. Our constituent in Connecticut, Katharine Hepburn, 
will turn 90 on Monday. She probably will not be happy to have her 
Senator reveal her age on television.
  Katharine Hepburn is a national treasure. We take pride in the fact 
that she is a native of Connecticut, of Hartford, and today lives in 
Old Saybrook. She is world renown and has made a great contribution to 
the arts. At the Bushnell Memorial in Hartford, where there is a ``wall 
of fame,'' she scribbled next to her name, ``Local girl.'' We cannot 
say that about everyone on that wall. She has a career spanning seven 
decades and is the only person in the history of film in this country 
who has received 12 Academy Award nominations. She won four awards, for 
``Morning Glory'' in 1933, ``Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,'' ``Lion in 
Winter,'' and ``On Golden Pond.''
  She won three Oscars after she turned age 60. For people in this 
country who wonder whether you can have a productive life after the age 
of 60, certainly Katharine Hepburn offers vivid proof that productive 
years lie ahead.
  On behalf of all of us in Connecticut, Mr. President, and my 
colleagues here, we wish Miss Hepburn a very, very happy birthday.

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