[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 126 (Wednesday, October 11, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1739]
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                     HONORING MARY ANN ANDERSEN LEE

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 11, 2000

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this moment to honor a 
very remarkable person, Mary Ann Andersen Lee. Mary Ann has been a part 
of the nursing community for over four decades and recently retired 
from San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center. Mary Ann's leadership and 
expertise in nursing have benefited the San Luis Valley in immeasurable 
ways. Her retirement will not last long, as she has already planned to 
move on and donate her superb nursing abilities to the American Red 
Cross Disaster Relief.
  Mary Ann began her illustrious nursing career with a group of friends 
that answered a want-ad in the American Journal of Nursing. After 
graduating from Bryan Memorial School of Nursing in Lincoln, Nebraska, 
they headed west to take a job in western Colorado. The rest, as they 
say, is history.
  The moment she joined the medical center, then called Alamosa 
Community Hospital, she demonstrated her outstanding leadership by 
becoming the supervisor of the emergency room. She led in this capacity 
for nearly fifteen years. She then moved on to become the director of 
nursing where she served for just over two decades. Her leadership has 
benefited not only the medical center, but the entire community as 
well.
  Mary Ann has led by example and become a role model of what it takes 
to succeed in the medical field. Throughout her tenure at San Luis 
Valley Regional Medical Center, she has helped literally thousands of 
citizens. Mr. Speaker, Mary Ann has earned respect and admiration of 
this body. On behalf of the State of Colorado and the U.S. Congress I 
thank her for her incredible service to the San Luis Valley and wish 
her the best in her future endeavors.
  Good Luck!

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