[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 144 (Thursday, October 25, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1926]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     CONGRATULATING DIANA CONNOLLY

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                           HON. STEPHEN HORN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 25, 2001

  Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute the public service 
career of Diana Connolly. Diana is retiring from her astonishing 42-
year career at the Port of Long Beach, California, in the 38th 
Congressional District. In no small way, Diana helped to make Long 
Beach America's busiest port over those 42 years.
  Mr. Speaker, what may be most astonishing is that during her tenure, 
after her long days of service at the Port, she went to school earning 
a degree at Long Beach City College at night, then a Bachelor of Arts 
degree and finally a Masters at California State University, Long Beach 
where I had the privilege of serving as President for many years.
  In all of this, it is said that Diana Connolly has been the wheel-
horse of the executive staff at the Port. It is no secret that one can 
phone the Port at 10 a.m. from the nation's capital, which is 7 a.m. at 
the Port, to find Diana answering the phone. And again, many of us know 
she is still answering phones long after the Port's traditional 
quitting time.
  Mr. Speaker, I know that such public service dedication can be an 
important example to young people beginning careers today, and I cannot 
think of a finer example.
  For Diana, her long work hours and always-dependable delivery of 
results appear at times almost effortless. Certainly Diana has used her 
fine education record, her hard earned experience, and her dedication 
to make a difference in the lives of many Southern Californians.
  Mr. Speaker, I join Diana's colleagues who will be celebrating her 
career today in Long Beach. Those of us here in Washington who have 
known and worked with Diana wish her a well-deserved retirement. We 
certainly admire her steadfast dedication, her unequaled 42 years of 
service at the Port and wish her well on what I am sure will be yet 
another kind of career, which she may now choose to begin.
  Congratulations Diana!

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