[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 125 (Thursday, September 11, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1771]
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                     TRIBUTE TO DR. JEAN ROTHENBERG

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 11, 2003

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Dr. Jean Rothenberg, a 
distinguished constituent, who will receive the Jacob E. Davis 
Volunteer Leadership Award from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) 
on September 15, 2003. To commemorate the joint 40th anniversaries of 
GCF and Stepping Stones Center for the Handicapped, four awards will be 
presented this year honoring volunteers who have played vital roles in 
the overlapping histories of these outstanding organizations.
  Jean was instrumental in helping to get GCF on its feet. Jean was the 
last president of the Fresh Air & Convalescent Aid Society, which ran 
the Fresh Air Farm on what is now the Stepping Stones Center property. 
When the group decided its mission had become outdated, a committee was 
formed to study what to do with its $600,000 endowment and property. In 
1963 and because of Jean's leadership, the committee collaborated with 
a group of civic leaders and bank presidents, who were forming GCF, to 
provide the $600,000 as seed money for the new foundation. The Fresh 
Air Farm property became Camp Stepping Stones.
  Jean has also been integral to other local organizations that are 
important to our community. One example is the Hearing, Speech & Deaf 
Center of Greater Cincinnati, which she founded in 1950. She has 
supported the Center and the cause of helping the hearing impaired with 
her leadership and financial resources, and is currently an emeritus 
member of the board.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join me in recognizing Jean's 
accomplishments as she receives the Jacob E. Davis Volunteer Leadership 
Award. All of us in the Greater Cincinnati area thank her for her 
outstanding service to our community and for her efforts to help those 
who need it most.

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