[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 69 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E912-E913]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING COACH NAN HARVEY

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                     HON. LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 9, 2003

  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Coach Nan Harvey.
  Nan Harvey is the Associate Athletics Director at the University of 
Buffalo. She has been a softball umpire for 28 years, and has devoted 
her life to women's athletics.
  Nan's accomplishments on the field are beyond impressive. As head 
coach of women's softball at the University of Buffalo, she led her 
team to 38 wins in next three years, earning State University of New 
York Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1985. In 1991, Nan 
was inducted into the Western New York Softball Hall of Fame. In 1996, 
she was named the Amateur Softball Association Metro Buffalo Umpire of 
the Year. Later that year, Nan was given one of the highest honors for 
an ASA umpire when she was inducted into

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the National Indicator Fraternity of the Amateur Softball Hall of Fame. 
She's been an umpire for several national slow-pitch tournaments and 
the NCAA Division III National Championship for three years.
  When I first began work on Title IX earlier this year, my office 
contacted Nan to find out more about the effects of Title IX at the 
University of Buffalo. She was enormously helpful and supportive in 
helping us lead the fight to save this fundamental civil rights law 
that ensures gender equality in athletic opportunities.
  I was devastated to hear that Nan is currently battling ovarian 
cancer. She learned of her disease almost three years ago, and has been 
undergoing chemotherapy for 34 straight months. Her prognosis is still 
very uncertain, yet she fights this disease daily with grace and 
determination.
  Let me tell you about the kind of person Nan Harvey is. Despite 
suffering chemotherapy treatments, she is still dedicated to University 
of Buffalo Athletics. She has dedicated a large portion of her life to 
her family at the University of Buffalo. I am deeply moved by Nan's 
decision regarding her estate. With her health in an uncertain state, 
Nan decided to bequeath to the University of Buffalo athletic 
department a minimum of $200,000 from her retirement funds. The money 
will be used with an emphasis on women's sports.
  Her commitment to the University of Buffalo, and to female athletes, 
has inspired her colleagues, her students, and her community. In honor 
of everything that she has given to the school and to women's 
athletics, the University of Buffalo will be renaming its softball 
facility Nan Harvey Field.
  I cannot express how deeply proud I am of Nan Harvey, of the life 
that she has led and the example she has set.

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