[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 156 (Monday, November 8, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2306-E2307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE LEO T. McCARTHY

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, November 8, 1999

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a distinguished 
American, a revered Californian, and a dear friend, Leo T. McCarthy, on 
the occasion of his induction into the San Francisco Law School Hall of 
Fame.
  Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Leo immigrated with his family to the 
United States at the age of three. He earned his undergraduate degree 
from the University of San Francisco and his law degree from San 
Francisco Law School. Admitted to the practice of law in both the 
Federal and State courts of California on January 15, 1963, Leo 
McCarthy was also elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 
1963.
  In 1968, Leo McCarthy was elected to the California State Legislature 
where he served with great distinction until 1982. Chosen Speaker of 
the California State Assembly in 1974, he focused his considerable 
talents and energy upon creating State policy in areas ranging from 
education to health. He has given important service as a member of the 
World Trade Commission, the University of California Board of Regents, 
and the California State University Board of Trustees where both his 
passion for excellence and civic spirit were always evident.
  On January 3, 1983, Leo McCarthy became the Lieutenant Governor of 
the State of California, a position he retained until his retirement 
from elective office in 1994. Once again, his commitment to serving 
both his nation and the people of California was clearly manifested by 
his dedication to his office. He nurtured businesses from formation to 
long term growth as the Chair of the California Commission for Economic 
Development. He focused particular attention upon working to improve 
the involvement of businesses in international trading and investment, 
particularly in Pacific Rim markets, an area of lifelong interest.
  In 1992, while still in office, Leo McCarthy aided over 100 women and 
minority business investors by publishing an award-winning guide 
titled, Starting and Succeeding in Business: A Special Publication for 
Small, Minority-and Women-Owned Businesses. At the same time, he helped 
California implement the Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) 
program which helps welfare recipients move into private sector jobs. 
In 1992, Leo McCarthy sponsored both the Mammography Quality Assurance 
Act that created new standards governing both mammography facilities 
and technology, and Senate Joint Resolution 32, which declared that 
breast cancer was an epidemic in California, requesting that the 
President and the Congress dedicate greater funds to find the causes of 
and a cure for the disease.
  Upon his retirement from public office in 1994, instead of indulging 
in a well-deserved rest, Leo McCarthy joined the board of the Linear 
Technology Corporation, a high tech firm which manufactures analog 
integrated circuits and in 1998, produced $460 million in sales. He 
also became a board member of two mutual funds, the Parnassus Fund, a 
socially responsible fund that invests a $400 million investment 
portfolio in domestic stocks

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and bonds, and Forward Funds, Inc., which focuses on investing in 
domestic and foreign equities and bonds with a $230 million investment 
portfolio.
  Leo McCarthy is also the Vice Chair on the Board of Open Data 
Systems, a private firm which creates software aimed at facilitating 
the accurate recording and processing of building permits and other 
development documents used by local governments. All of these private 
sector businesses have subsequently benefited from his active and 
enthusiastic involvement as a board member. In 1995, Leo McCarthy 
became President of the Daniel Group, a law partnership which focuses 
on international trade and market investment.
  With all these responsibilities, Leo McCarthy has continued his 
public service. Appointed to the National Gambling Impact Study 
Commission by the U.S. Senate Democratic Leadership, the Commission has 
undertaken a two year study of the impact of all forms of legal 
gambling in the United States at the order of the President and the 
Congress.
  Leo McCarthy and his wife Jacqueline have been married for over 40 
years. They have four exceptionally talented children, Sharon, a fifth 
grade teacher, Conna, an attorney, Adam, an import-export businessman, 
and Niall, an attorney, and they are the proud grandparents of eight.
  Leo McCarthy's life of leadership is instructive to us all. His 
dedication to the ideals of both democracy and public service stand 
tall. I am especially blessed to have him as a mentor, a colleague, and 
a friend. It is fitting that the San Francisco Law School has chosen to 
induct him into its Hall of Fame and I ask my colleagues, Mr. Speaker, 
to join me in honoring a great and good man. We are indeed a better 
country and a better people because of him.

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