[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 27 (Thursday, February 13, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN REMEMBRANCE OF DON PICKINPAUGH, MEMBER OF THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP 
                HEALTH CARE DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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                        HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 12, 2003

  Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Don Pickinpaugh's years 
of service to the Board of Directors of the Washington Township Health 
Care District. Mr. Pickinpaugh passed away on February 6, 2003 of heart 
failure at Washington Hospital.
  The longest serving member of the hospital's Board of Directors, Mr. 
Pickinpaugh was first elected to the Board in 1976. He was elected 
Board president five times during his 27-year tenure, most recently in 
2002.
  During his time on the Board, Mr. Pickinpaugh provided leadership on 
many projects, but most notable are his work on the acquisition of 
Washington West in 1997 and the renovation of the hospital's sixth 
floor in 2002. This renovation added more than 29 beds to the 
hospital's capacity.
  Mr. Pickinpaugh's interest in health care developed when he served as 
a Navy chief hospital corpsman. While in the Navy, he supervised the 
operations of an emergency room at a major Naval hospital and served as 
a chief laboratory and blood bank technician.
  Deeply involved in the community, Mr. Pickinpaugh was a long-time 
real estate broker in the Fremont area, and was actively involved in 
the Boy Scouts, Alameda County's Highland Hospital Citizen's Committee, 
and the Alameda County Tax Assessment Appeals Board. He was also a 
reading mentor at a Fremont Elementary School.
  I send heartfelt sympathies to Don Pickinpaugh's family, and I join 
his colleagues in mourning the loss of this true community activist.

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