[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 172 (Wednesday, December 12, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


            HONORING DR. HUGH C. AVALOS OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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                           HON. JERRY WELLER

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 11, 2001

  Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor Dr. Hugh 
C. Avalos of Morris, Illinois as he prepares to retire at the end of 
this year. For more than 40 years, Dr. Avalos has served his community 
in a great many ways.
  First and foremost, Dr. Avalos has always demonstrated the greatest 
concern for and commitment to his patients. A physician of great skill, 
Dr. Avalos received a solid education at the University of Mexico, the 
Little Company of Mary Hospital in Chicago and Cook County Hospital in 
Chicago. Dr. Avalos has displayed his professional dedication 
throughout his career by pursuing additional educational opportunities 
on four continents and winning Board certification in English, Spanish 
and German.
  Although not a native of Morris, Illinois, Dr. Avalos has spent the 
past 42 years working to better his adopted community. Active 
membership in service organizations such as the Moose, Shriners and 
especially Rotary International, which he served as president of the 
local club, has been a large part of his volunteer efforts along with 
important leadership positions at the local bank and hospital.
  A very special interest of Dr. Avalos, though, has been serving the 
youth of the City of Morris. For more than 30 years, Dr. Avalos used 
his considerable professional skills to protect the health and 
condition of the youth of Morris as the team physician for the Morris 
Community High School football, basketball and baseball teams.
  From a personal perspective as a resident of Morris, I am proud to 
have been able to consider Dr. Avalos a good friend now for well over a 
decade. I am well aware of the great esteem in which he is held by his 
patients and our community as a whole. It gives me great pleasure to 
both congratulate Dr. Avalos on a tremendous professional career and 
also to wish him much happiness during his retirement years.
  Mr. Speaker, using the life and career of Dr. Hugh Avalos as an 
example, I urge the Members of this body to identify, recognize and 
honor other individuals in their own districts whose actions have 
greatly benefitted our communities and nation.

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