[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 49 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IN TRIBUTE TO REVA DAUER

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                           HON. PETER DEUTSCH

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 12, 1999

  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, South Florida lost a true ``citizen'' 
recently, someone who totally immersed herself in our community. Reva 
Dauer passed away on March 27, 1999, and she will be greatly missed.
  A resident of Bal Harbour, Florida, Reva was active in many 
philanthropic organizations. Her most impressive achievement was the 
hospital that she and her husband, Maxwell, developed more than 25 
years ago. Reva was involved in many aspects of the birth of the 
Florida Medical Center; she was even involved in the process of 
selecting the 47-acre site of the Center, which originally opened in 
1973 as Lauderdale Lakes General Hospital. Throughout her life, Reva 
participated in various administrative and day-to-day functions of the 
hospital. A former owner of the hospital, she was also instrumental in 
the opening of Lauderdale Lakes General Hospital's open-heart surgery 
unit, where the first open-heart surgery in Broward County was 
performed in 1974.
  Reva Dauer will also be remembered as someone who worked very hard on 
behalf of many charitable and civic organizations. She and her family 
were well known contributors to the University of Miami's Schools of 
Medicine, Music, and the Ryder Center for Athletics. Exemplary of her 
extraordinary commitment to the school, in 1993 she gave the University 
of Miami $1.5 million for a library addition to be named the Maxwell 
and Reva Dauer Clock Tower. However, the University of Miami was not 
the only organization which was the beneficiary of Reva Dauer's 
generosity. In 1995, Reva and her family were instrumental in 
constructing the University School of Nova Southeastern University 
Middle School in Coral Springs. Reva also donated much of her time to 
the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in Aventura, as well as Temple 
Emanu-El in Miami Beach.
  Life is very rarely complete without the benefit of having family. 
Reva Dauer was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, and grandmother. 
Mr. Speaker, I cannot imagine anything more important than that. Reva's 
family will undoubtedly miss her, and the entire South Florida 
community will miss her kindness and generosity as well. She was an 
extraordinary human being, but we are lucky to have so many wonderful 
memories of her life and work.

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