[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 26, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1325]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                IN RECOGNITION OF DR. OTAKAR HUBSCHMANN

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                            HON. BOB FRANKS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 25, 2000

  Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, today I recognize an 
individual who epitomizes the spirit of public service, Otakar 
Hubschmann, M.D.
  Dr. Hubschmann, a nationally renowned neurosurgeon from Short Hills, 
NJ, received his medical degree in May 1967 from Charles University in 
Prague. Later that same year, he defected from Communist-ruled 
Czechoslovakia and fled to England. He sought and attained asylum in 
the United States where he completed his medical residency at Albert 
Einstein College of Medicine in New York. After his residency, he 
served as a Major in the United States Army and eventually became a 
full tenured professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of 
New Jersey. He currently serves as Chief of Neurological Surgery at 
Saint Barnabas Health Care System in West Orange, NJ.
  Since the demise of Communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989, Dr. 
Hubschmann has been involved in a number of important projects to help 
the newly democratized Czech Republic. He has led efforts to secure 
much needed medical equipment for Czech hospitals, has been an invited 
lecturer at Charles University and has worked with Mrs. Olga Havel, the 
former Czech First Lady, to help developmentally disabled children in 
the Republic.
  Recently, Dr. Hubschmann founded ``Lacrosse Without Borders,'' to 
develop new friendships and enhance international tolerance through 
lacrosse, a sport originated by Native Americans. Through his tireless 
efforts, ``Lacrosse Without Borders'' hosted 20 former and current 
college lacrosse players in Prague earlier this month. These young 
American athletes ran lacrosse instructional clinics and participated 
with their Czech counterparts in the Prague Cup 2000. This extremely 
successful program generated a great deal of interest in Prague and 
significant media coverage both within the Czech Republic and here in 
the United States.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing Dr. Otakar Hubschmann's 
selfless efforts to promote positive relations between the United 
States and the Czech Republic.

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