[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 13, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1094]
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                         A TRIBUTE TO ANNE BLUE

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 13, 2001

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a remarkable 
young woman who spent a brief sojourn on this earth, but who has left 
giant footprints ``on the sands of time.'' The life of Anne Blue 
reminds us that the measure of a person's life is not the quantity of 
years, but the quality of years on this earth.
  Anne Elizabeth Candace Blue was born in Georgetown Guyana on June 14, 
1956 and departed this life July 5, 1993. In her 37 years of existence, 
she rose to the heights of academic and professional achievement. She 
passed the Common Entrance Examination in Guyana and attended Bishop's 
High School. She migrated to England and entered the London Hospital 
School of Nursing where she graduated as a State Registered Nurse. She 
migrated to the United States where she obtained the Bachelor of 
Science degree in Nursing from Hunter College and the Juris doctor 
degree from Hofstra Law School. She was active in various social, 
cultural and professional associations. She was a member of the 
Bishop's High School Alumni Association; founding member of the 
Caribbean American Bar Association; founding member of New York Reggae 
Music Festival Inc. She was a licensed Real Estate broker and Mortgage 
broker and, together with her parents John and Hyacinth Blue, she 
carried on a prosperous and successful Real Estate and Home Care 
business on Church Avenue.
  Anne Blue ``walked with kings, nor lost the common touch.'' She never 
lost contact with her native land and visited Guyana on an annual 
basis. As tribute to her patriotic and humanitarian commitment, her 
parents have created four Anne Blue scholarships in her memory--The 
Anne Blue National C.X.C. scholarship, awarded to individuals who 
obtained outstanding marks on the C.X.C. examination; The Anne Blue 
University of Guyana Law student scholarship, awarded to second year 
law students who obtain outstanding grades in their first year of law 
school; A scholarship to St. Gabriel's Elementary School, her 
elementary school alma mater; and a scholarship to Bishop's High 
School, her high school alma mater.
  In the United States, the Anne Blue Scholarship Fund is sponsoring 
Project Amethyst, an academic enrichment program designed to help 
students to help students prepare for the specialized High School 
Admissions examinations. The participants begin the program in the 7th 
grade and continue through the 8th grade. They attend classes for four 
hours on Saturday's where qualified teachers tutor them in the areas of 
English, Mathematics, Biology and Computer Science.
  In paying tribute to Anne Blue, we also pay tribute to her remarkable 
parents, John Blue and Hyacinth Blue, who transformed their pain into 
triumph by preserving and perpetuating the memory of their remarkable 
daughter. They have named their Real Estate and Home Care business 
establishments in her honor, and have created a Scholarship fund, which 
opens the door of academic opportunity to underprivileged young people 
in Guyana and Central Brooklyn. In the words of Horace, ``exegit 
monumentum, perennius aere''--they have built a monument more lasting 
than bronze.

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