[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 18, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TRIBUTE TO CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLYWOMAN ELAINE ALQUIST

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 17, 2001

  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize the achievements 
of California State Assemblywoman Elaine Alquist, my fellow legislator 
from the Silicon Valley.
  Throughout her career, Assemblywoman Alquist has been a defender of 
women, children, families and seniors. The first Greek-American woman 
elected to the California State Legislature, she is now the senior 
member of the Assembly's Santa Clara County delegation.
  A former algebra and trigonometry teacher, Assemblywoman Alquist is 
the chair of the Higher Education Committee and co-vice chair of the 
Joint Committee to Develop a Master Plan for Education-Kindergarten 
through University. Assemblywoman Alquist is also the chair of the 
Select Committee on the Aging of Baby Boomers.
  Assemblywoman Alquist was the 2001 recipient of the Lifetime 
Achievement Award from the Women's Fund, and has been named the 
Legislator of the Year by such organizations as the American 
Electronics Association (in 1999 and 2000), the Alzheimer's 
Association, California Council, the California Association of 
Psychologists, and the California Association of Homes and Services for 
the Aging.
  I thank Assemblywoman Elaine Alquist for her years of friendship and 
offer the warmest congratulations from my family to hers.

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