[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 73 (Thursday, June 6, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E978-E979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO GEORGENE BRODIE

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                        HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 5, 2002

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Georgene 
Brodie, a dedicated wife, mother and teacher who has faced life with 
courage, compassion and strength. Georgene is suffering from ALS (Lou 
Gehrig's Disease), and she is using the time she has left to help 
others who are suffering from the same disease.
  I have been touched by Georgene's enormous capacity to give to 
others. She founded the Georgene Brodie Foundation for the Future to 
raise funds for The Johns Hopkins Center for ALS and The Muscular 
Dystrophy Association. She and her family know that a cure for ALS and 
other similar diseases will be found only through research and clinical 
work. The Hopkins Center for ALS Research is the only center in the 
country dedicated to finding the cure for ALS.
  While Georgene may be suffering from ALS, she is much more than the 
disease that afflicts her. As a teacher, she has dedicated her life to 
helping young children experience the joy of learning; as a mother she 
has raised two marvelous daughters--Kimberly and Ellen; and as a 
Grandmother she has lovingly embraced her four grandchildren, Matthew 
and Melissa Hopkins and Austin and Andrew Jarrett.
  As the wife of M. Jay Brodie, head of the Baltimore Development 
Corp., she has been one of Baltimore's staunchest cheerleaders. From 
its neighborhoods, to its artistic and cultural institutions to its 
ethnic heritage,

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Georgene loves and appreciates the spirit of Baltimore. In fact, as the 
owner of the Crab Line, she was one of the original ``Harborplace'' 
merchants, helping make Harborplace one of Baltimore's most 
identifiable landmarks.
  I hope my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives will join 
me in saluting the accomplishments of Georgene Brodie. Her love of life 
and calmness of spirit has touched all who know and care for her.

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