[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 28, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3051-S3052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO PATRICIA MULROY

 Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to honor a distinguished 
Nevadan, a good person and a good friend, Patricia Mulroy. Pat will be 
receiving the National Jewish Medical and Research Center's 
Humanitarian Award on April 28, 2001.
  The Humanitarian Award honors people who have made significant civic 
and charitable contributions, people who have chosen to devote their 
lives to making their communities better places to live.
  Pat first moved to Las Vegas in 1974, and began making her mark 
almost as soon as she arrived as a young student at the University of 
Nevada-Las Vegas by being admitted to Phi Kappa Phi and being listed in 
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities.
  After college, Pat began her career in public service by working in 
the Clark County Manager's Office. She was appointed the county's first 
Justice Court Administrator in 1984, and later was appointed General 
Manager of the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
  Those of us who live in the southwestern United States know how 
important, and scarce, water is to our States. Pat took over as General 
Manager of the Water District during one of the most difficult periods 
in Southern Nevada's water history, a year when the community began 
growing at the rate of 3000 to 5000 resident's per month, a trend which 
has only increased. In response, in 1991, Pat was appointed the first 
General Manager for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, an agency 
created by the state legislature to oversee competing governmental 
interest in water.
  Since then, Pat has become known nationally as an expert on water 
issues. She is a member of the American Water Works Association and 
currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Association of 
Metropolitan Water Agencies. In 1992 she helped found and was the 
original chairman of the Western Urban Water Coalition. She is also a 
member of the Colorado River Water Users Association and has served on 
its Board of Directors. She serves on the Desert Research Institute 
Research Foundation Board of Trustees and received the University and 
Community College System of Nevada Board of Regents' 1999 Distinguished 
Nevadan Award.
  Those of us who have had the privilege of knowing Pat personally know 
her as more than a public advocate and expert on water issues. We also 
know her as a loving wife to her husband Robert, a devoted mother of 
two children, Ryan and Kelley, and a leader

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who is active in her church, on her school board, and in her community. 
Nobody deserves this award more than Pat.
  I extend my congratulations to you, and the appreciation of all 
Nevadans for your good work on their behalf.

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