[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 87 (Thursday, June 21, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1184-E1185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO ANN DAWSON TORREY

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 21, 2001

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
distinguished American, and long-time constituent of California's 14th 
Congressional District--Ann Dawson Torrey, who passed away on May 25, 
2001.

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  A lifelong Democrat and a staunch defender of women's rights, Ann 
Torrey was born in Hollywood, California on December 1, 1911. As a 
child she learned an early and important lesson--the power of civic 
activism. While still an infant, Ann's mother pushed her in a baby 
carriage during the historic marches for women's suffrage.
  Ann Torrey also understood the power of an education--she devoted 
much of her adult life to teaching young women and men to succeed in 
their societies. Between 1937 and 1949, Ann Torrey taught students in 
Monterey, California, Shanghai, China and Menlo Park, California. From 
1949 to 1976 she distinguished herself as an elementary school teacher 
in the Redwood City School District. Ann Torrey was proud to be a 
teacher and believed firmly in the value of an education for all.
  A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Ann Torrey 
received her teaching credential from San Jose State University. In 
1966, she went back to school to earn her Master's in Education at 
Stanford University. A long-time resident of Redwood City, California, 
Ann Torrey moved to State College, Pennsylvania in 1998 in order to be 
closer to her grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, our nation's children lost an important role model and a 
selfless teacher with the passing of Ann Torrey. I ask my colleagues to 
join me in paying tribute to a great and good woman, and offer the 
condolences of the entire House of Representatives to her family.

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