[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 172 (Sunday, November 23, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2426]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CONGRATULATING EDWARD ROBINSON

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                        HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 21, 2003

  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is with great sincerity and enthusiasm 
that I rise to congratulate Mr. Edward Robinson on his retirement from 
The Community Hospital in Munster Indiana, where he served as the 
Hospital Administrator for 37 years. Mr. Robinson has been a 
substantial fixture of the health care community in Northwest Indiana 
and he will be greatly missed.
  Ed Robinson attended the University of Pittsburgh after receiving a 
highly competitive four-year scholarship from the American Legion. 
After the completion of his undergraduate college degree he was 
designated as a Distinguished Military Graduate by the United States 
Air Force in 1950, when he received his commission.
  With his commission, Ed served as a Captain in the United States Air 
Force for three years and was stationed in Korea with the Fifth Air 
Force and was also a staff officer for the personnel at the 
headquarters of the Eighth Air Force, Strategic Air Command.
  Knowledge has always been something valued by Ed. He holds a Master's 
Degree in Hospital Administration from the Graduate School of Public 
Health of the University of Pittsburgh, as well as a Master of Business 
Administration and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the same institution. 
Mr. Robinson was awarded on Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Calumet 
College in May 1997.
  Ed's career as a health care professional has been multifaceted and 
world-renowned. He has been published in numerous professional journals 
and received first prize in the ``Hospital Topics'' editorial National-
wide competition for his thesis on ``Nursing Staffing Pattern in an 
Intensive Care Unit.'' Ed is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of 
Health in London, England. As a member of the program committee of the 
Atlantic Economic Conference, an international group, he has presented 
papers in Paris, Rome, Puerto Rico, Scotland, and Munich on various 
hospital economic topics. He has been a presenter at numerous seminars 
with John Goodman and Associates regarding Hospital Based Heart 
Centers.
  Nobly, Ed has committed a life of service to Northwest Indiana 
through his work in the health care community. He has received the 
Meritorious Service Award from the Munster Board of Trustees and a 
Special Award for Outstanding Leadership from the Munster Medical 
Research Foundation. He is also a founding member of the Board of 
Directors of Community Foundation, Inc. and the President of the Board 
of Directors of Hospice of the Calumet Area. He has also shared his 
time with Board of the Northwest Indiana Symphony, as well as serving 
as Co-Chairman of the Community Veterans Memorial Park in Munster.
  Mr. Speaker, Ed Robinson will be greatly missed at The Community 
Hospital by all of those who have served with this caring and 
compassionate man. At this time I ask that you and my other 
distinguished colleagues join me in honoring and congratulating Mr. 
Robinson for an outstanding career, not only in health care, but also 
in service to his community. Ed's leadership and passion for his career 
are to be commended, and his professional absence from the Northwest 
Indiana community will surely be missed.

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