[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 91 (Thursday, June 19, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1307]
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     HONORING NORMAN AND MARILYN COOPER ON THEIR GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY

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                            HON. MIKE PENCE

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 19, 2003

  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, Marilyn (Isaacs) and Norman Cooper were high 
school sweethearts in Brooklyn, NY, who spent their first married years 
together at Fort Gordon, Georgia, during Norman's military service in 
the Korean Conflict. Returning to New York together, with little more 
than each other, they successfully built a thriving pest control 
business and raised a loving family.
  Their passions for art, food, culture and adventure have taken 
Marilyn and Norman Cooper to the far reaches of the globe. While hiking 
the Andes, heli-skiing in New Zealand, on safari in Africa, lecturing 
in Japan or trekking in Tibet or India, they have developed an 
appreciation for the diversity of the world, as well as the common 
bonds of all humanity.
  Marilyn and Norman Cooper have always sought to better the world 
around them, whether helping dissidents escape the Soviet Union during 
the cold war, volunteering for the Children's Blood Foundation in their 
hometown of Rye, NY, raising funds for the United Jewish Appeal, or 
helping other entrepreneurs achieve their dreams. Their enduring legacy 
includes three children and seven grandchildren, each imbued with their 
values of compassion, curiosity, intellect, creativity, love and the 
responsibility to help make the world a better place.

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