[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 102 (Friday, July 20, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1386]
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                   TRIBUTE TO JUDGE VIRGINIA MAE DAYS

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 20, 2001

  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Judge Virginia Mae 
Days, who is retiring after more than 20 years on the bench of the 
Santa Clara County Superior Court. When Governor Edmund Brown Jr. 
appointed her in 1981, Judge Mae Days was the first Latina on the bench 
in Santa Clara County.
  A lifelong resident of the Bay Area, Virginia Mae Days was bom in San 
Jose in 1934. She served in the US Navy WAVES during the Korean War, 
earning both the National Defense Service Ribbon and the Good Conduct 
Medal. After the war, Judge Days attended the University of California 
at Berkeley for both her undergraduate and graduate years, earning her 
law degree there in 1963.
  Judge Days' long record of service to Santa Clara County includes 6 
years as the mayor of Morgan Hill and terms on Santa Clara County's 
drug abuse commission, regional criminal justice planning board and 
human relations commissions. Immediately prior to her appointment to 
the bench, Judge Days was the Director of the California Department of 
Veterans Affairs.
  Throughout her tenure on the Court, Judge Virginia Mae Days has been 
a strong role model for the community. She summed this philosophy up 
best in March of 2000 at a dinner honoring the groundbreaking women 
jurists of Santa Clara County: ``The more the bench reflects the 
community, the fairer the process.''
  I want to thank Judge Mae Days for her many years of service to our 
community and wish her nothing but the best in this next phase of her 
life.

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