[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 24 (Thursday, March 7, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E295-E296]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF THE LATE DR. JOHN HOLLOMAN

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                         HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 7, 2002

  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a great 
humanitarian, health executive, physician and civil rights leader--the 
late Dr. John Holloman who passed away on February 27, 2002.
  For many years, as president of the New York City public hospital 
corporation in the mid-1970s, Dr. Holloman battled for increased 
accessibility to health care for the poor in the city. At the time he 
was the country's highest-ranking African-American person in health 
care.
  Duly committed to health care for all, he served as Associated 
Director of Health Services of the William F. Ryan Community Health 
Center up until the time of his death--a job he held for the past 21 
years. Many remember, that on his desk sat a plaque with the simple, 
but powerful motto that represented the goal of most of his life's 
work: ``Health Care is Right.''
  During his years as an advocate and physician, he managed to 
influence policies to increase better health care for prison inmates 
and the inclusion of more minorities in the American Medical 
Association. He also was instrumental in the civil rights movement, 
where I remember him taking care of people's feet during the voting 
rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. The medical attention 
he gave to many was a necessity during the long journeys in the fight 
for civil rights.
  His medical and humanitarian deeds, numerous at last count, have been 
recognized by organizations such as the Urban League, state and private 
universities, and the Bar Association.
  For 50 years, Dr. Holloman political activism, community and national 
leadership, and provision of both care and concern to the most hard to 
reach and vulnerable population exemplify the will of a man to 
accomplish great

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deeds for the benefit of all human beings. I ask my colleagues to join 
me in celebrating the life of Dr. John Holloman a man who today we owe 
a great deal of gratitude for his work on ensuring equitable access to 
health care.

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