[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 123 (Thursday, September 20, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1683]
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TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM McDONOUGH ON BEING AWARDED THE 2001 JOSEPH AND FRANK 
            DUVENECK HUMANITARIAN AWARD FOR NATIONAL SERVICE

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 20, 2001

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a proud American, 
William McDonough, who is being honored with the 2001 Josephine and 
Frank Duveneck Humanitarian Award for national service on Saturday, 
September 22, 2001, in Los Altos Hills, California.
  Recognized in 1999 as a ``Hero for the Planet'' by Time Magazine, 
William McDonough was the recipient of the first and only Presidential 
Award for Sustainable Development in 1996. An architect by training, he 
has dedicated his life to reconnecting our citizens with their 
surrounding environment.
  The founder of William McDonough & Partners, William McDonough's 
architectural firm was created to celebrate the creativity of the human 
spirit and the abundance of nature. Through his work and his advocacy, 
William McDonough has consistently displayed an abiding respect for 
ecology, social equity and economy. Heeding an ultimate objective of 
removing potential poisons from all products, factories, and the 
natural landscape, William McDonough creates consumer goods with 
biodegradable and synthetic materials that can be recycled for future 
use. Many of the buildings he has designed create more energy than they 
use in their own operation, an extraordinarily important innovation for 
California and the rest of the nation. William McDonough has designed 
products and office buildings for Nike, The Gap, and Palm, Inc.
  William McDonough has dedicated his professional life to 
strengthening the economic and spiritual ties between our environment 
and ourselves. It is therefore fitting that he is being honored with 
the 2001 Josephine and Frank Duveneck Humanitarian Award. Mr. Speaker, 
I ask my colleagues today to join me in honoring this special man who 
has given so much to our community and our environment. We are indeed a 
better country, a better planet and a better people because of him.

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