[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1976]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  MARK SALO: 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP AT PLANNED 
                               PARENTHOOD

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                            HON. BOB FILNER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 28, 1999

  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mark Salo on his 25th 
anniversary with Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties 
in California--the second largest affiliate of Planned Parenthood in 
the Nation.
  Mark has been active in the family planning movement since the late 
1960's, beginning as a volunteer counselor with the Seattle-King 
County, Washington Family Planning Program. He graduate from the 
University of Washington in 1970 and, since 1974, has served as the 
president and CEO of Planned Parenthood for San Diego and Riverside 
Counties. In this capacity, he oversees the management of 15 family 
planning centers.
  Mark and his fellow Planned Parenthood staff members and volunteers 
are dedicated to providing a complete spectrum of reproductive medical 
care and educational programs to families in the San Diego and 
Riverside areas. Through a unique partnership with the Pro Salud family 
planning organization in Tijuana, 30,000 of our Mexican neighbors are 
also receiving these services.
  Mark Salo is regarded as a national family planning leader and has 
received recognition for his impact on family planning, both locally 
and nationally. He was the recipient of the 1989 Ruth Green Award, an 
award presented by the National Executive Directors Council to an 
outstanding Planned Parenthood director, chosen for his remarkable 
record in board development in public affairs, fund raising and 
planning, and service to Planned Parenthood of America.
  His other professional and volunteer activities include serving as a 
member of the Foundation Committee of Rotary International and of the 
board of trustees of the Museum of Man in San Diego, treasurer of the 
San Diego AIDS Project, and a graduate of L.E.A.D. of San Diego, which 
trains a select group of the leaders of our city's volunteer and 
nonprofit organizations.
  Mark has said that his family did not believe in government intrusion 
in private life. ``We believed firmly that people are fit to make moral 
decisions independent of government interference.'' His life and work 
with Planned Parenthood have put his words into action.
  I am pleased to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Mark Salo on 
the 25th anniversary of his service to Planned Parenthood and to the 
greater San Diego and Riverside communities. I want to recognize his 
dedication to the fundamental right of each individual to voluntary 
reproductive self-determination and his belief that such self-
determination will enhance the quality of life, family relations, and 
population stability.

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