[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 9 (Thursday, February 7, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E114]
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                      TRIBUTE TO MS. MARY HAMILTON

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 7, 2002

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in solemn remembrance of Ms. 
Mary Hamilton of Glendale, California. Mary Hamilton served as 
President of the Board of Trustees of Glendale Community College and 
passed away late in the evening of February 4, 2002. Mary's life was 
distinguished by her tireless service to her community and my prayers 
are with her family this day as they mourn the loss of such a great 
woman.
  Mary Hamilton was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, the 
granddaughter of the local congressman. She moved to Glendale after 
World War II and attended local Glendale schools, graduating from 
Hoover High School. She earned a business degree from the University of 
Southern California.
  Her professional life was marked by much distinction. She served as 
the controller of Artisan House, Inc., as a portfolio manager with 
Salomon Smith Barney, and in 1990 opened her own investment-counseling 
firm in Glendale, which today is part of Clifford Associates, the 
oldest investment firm in the United States.
  But what I believe Mary Hamilton would be most proud of were her 
efforts on behalf of the community. Her community involvement was 
without rival. She was the past President and Founder of the YWCA of 
Glendale Housing Corporation, a non-profit organization, which owns and 
manages the YWCA's transitional housing project in Glendale for 
battered and homeless women and children. She served at one time as the 
President of the Verdugo Hills Business and Professional Women's 
Organization and as a board member with the Kiwanis Club of Glendale, 
the Verdugo Club, the Glendale Adventist Medical Center Foundation, and 
the Glendale Salvation Army.
  In the past few years she has served on the Board of Directors of the 
Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center and the Women's Enterprise 
Development Corporation. She was honored as Woman of the Year by the 
Glendale Chamber of Commerce and served on the Alex Regional Theater 
board, which transformed the Alex Theatre from a closed movie theatre 
into a performing arts venue.
  The community she served for so long will truly miss her. They will 
not only miss the endless efforts of Ms. Hamilton in making her 
community a better place to live but they will also miss the way in 
which she performed her service. She opened doors and opportunities to 
so many who would have otherwise gone without. She was a remarkable 
woman whose spirit of selfless giving carries on with the lives of the 
people she touched and the work that she did to make Glendale the 
outstanding community it is today.
  I ask that all Members of Congress join me today in remembering the 
life of a woman whose generosity showed no limits and whose service 
affected the lives of many. She will be missed by her family and all of 
us.

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