[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 137 (Thursday, October 17, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S10668]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO KATHLEEN CLARK HOYT

 Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I am here today to honor and 
congratulate Kathleen Clark Hoyt of Norwich, VT, who will retire from 
Vermont State government on November 1 after many years of dedicated 
public service.
  Most recently, Kathy Hoyt has served as Secretary of Administration 
in the cabinet of Governor Howard B. Dean, a position she has held 
since 1997. As such, she has been one of the most influential forces in 
our State government.
  Kathy Hoyt's years of service date back more than three decades. In 
her native State of North Carolina, she worked to help fight poverty, 
create jobs and housing, and provide leadership training for minorities 
and the poor. After arriving in Vermont in 1968, she went to work with 
the State Office of Economic Opportunity, devoting herself to such 
issues as welfare reform and child care. She went on to become 
Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Employment and Training, and 
in 1989, she was appointed Chief of Staff and Secretary of Civil and 
Military Affairs for Gov. Madeleine Kunin.
  Kathy Hoyt left State government when Gov. Kunin's term ended in 
January 1991, but her absence was short-lived. When Gov. Kunin's 
successor, Gov. Richard Snelling, died in office eight months later, 
Kathy Hoyt was summoned back to assist incoming Gov. Dean with the 
sudden transition. Once again, Kathy Hoyt found herself serving as 
Chief of Staff to a Vermont governor. Her unexpected re-entry in State 
government would keep her there for nearly a dozen more years.
  Of all the tributes that have been made and will be made to Kathy 
Hoyt, perhaps her contribution to State government was best summed up 
by Gov. Dean. In a newspaper profile of Kathy Hoyt, Gov. Dean referred 
to his close confidante simply as ``Saint Kathy.''
  I would like to take this opportunity to wish Kathy Hoyt the best in 
her future endeavors, and to personally thank her for the devotion she 
has shown to our great State of Vermont.

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