[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 127 (Wednesday, October 2, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN HONOR OF LOUISE WILSON LEWIS

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 1, 2002

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Louise Wilson Lewis, 
whose commitment to Glendale Memorial Hospital over the last forty 
years has exemplified the spirit of selfless volunteerism that has been 
so integral to our community.
  Born and raised in Los Angeles, Mrs. Lewis's first involvement with 
Glendale Memorial Hospital came at the age of sixteen, when she 
volunteered as a candy striper for the hospital. A self-described 
“professional volunteer,” she served in almost every 
volunteer position in the hospital since beginning there four decades 
ago.
  Mrs. Lewis currently serves on the Glendale Memorial Health 
Foundation Board of Directors, where she is helping to raise $25 
million for an expansion of the Hospital. She is also an active member 
of St. Francis Episcopal Church and works with Las Candelas, an 
organization which assists emotionally disturbed children.
  In June of 2001, Louise Lewis was diagnosed with cancer, and began to 
receive treatment from the hospital she served for so long. For over a 
year, she battled the disease, which, thanks to cutting-edge treatments 
and Mrs. Lewis's fighting spirit, has now gone into remission. Mrs. 
Lewis's outlook on her disease is a statement of her courage: 
“Cancer is so limited, and there is so much it cannot do to a 
being. It cannot undermine integrity, or invade the soul, or conquer 
the spirit.”
  And it has not. She has continued her volunteer efforts with Glendale 
Memorial Hospital and in March, she and her husband Tim will celebrate 
their 30th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Lewis's commitment to Glendale 
Memorial Hospital and the various charitable causes she supports makes 
her worthy of recognition, but her sheer determination to win her 
battle with cancer makes her an inspiration to us all. I ask all 
Members of Congress to join me in saluting Louise Wilson Lewis, whose 
strength of will and selfless devotion to her community exemplify the 
best in all of us.




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