[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 138 (Saturday, October 28, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2003]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING ANN FORKIN

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                         HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 27, 2000

  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, today I rise before you to congratulate Ann 
Forkin on her retirement after 22 years of service at the State 
University of New York at Stony Brook. Ann has been an invaluable asset 
to the Stony Brook community. In 1981, she was appointed as the first 
and to this point, the only Director of the Office of Conferences and 
Special Events.
  In her 18 years as Director, she managed and orchestrated over 20 
commencement ceremonies. On the day of the first commencement she 
planned, Mother Nature did not cooperate, and it rained. The following 
year, she devised plans for a ceremony in the sun, rain or drizzle. Ann 
made sure that no weather condition hindered this commencement ceremony 
or any ceremony thereafter.
  Ann will be truly missed by the faculty, staff and students of SUNY 
Stony Brook.

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