[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 16, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E375]
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                  TRIBUTE TO JOHN AND CHRISTINE KLINE

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                          HON. DONALD M. PAYNE

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 16, 2004

  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join Robert Wood Johnson 
University Hospital at Rahway's Foundation as they honor two 
outstanding members of my district. I would like to add my praises to 
theirs as we celebrate the work of Dr. John and Mrs. Christine Kline, 
who have dedicated their personal and professional lives to serving the 
members of our community.
  Dr. Kline has been a member of Robert Wood Johnson University 
Hospital at Rahway's Medical/Dental staff since 1972, serving as the 
organization's President from 1995 to 1996. He has been a member of the 
Credentials and Executive Committees, served as Chairman of the 
Department of Surgery, and is currently Chairman of the Department of 
Orthopaedics. He is a founding member of the Rahway Independent 
Physicians Association and has served as their President for over 8 
years. Dr. Kline has long been a trustee of the RWJUH Rahway 
Foundation, serving as Second Vice-chairman and Chairman, and is a 
member of RWJUH Rahway's Board of Governors, The American Academy of 
Orthopaedic Surgery, New Jersey Orthopaedic Society, New Jersey Medical 
Society, the Arthroscopy Associates of North America, and the Union 
County Medical Society.
  Christine Kline has been a member of the RWJUH Auxiliary for over 20 
years, serving as past Vice President and current President, and is a 
trustee of RWJUH Rahway Foundation, presently serving as Vice-Chairman. 
She is a member of the Foundation's Fashion Show Committee, and has 
been the Chairman of the Foundations' Rose Ball Committee for the past 
6 years.
  She has served as Vice President of the Union County Unit of the 
American Cancer Society, Chairman of their Tobacco Task Force, and in 
1997, was the recipient of their Volunteer of the Year Award. She has 
served as the President, Finance Officer, Washington Legislation 
Officer, and Parliamentarian of the Medical Society of New Jersey 
Alliance. Currently, she sits on the Board of Directors of New Jersey 
Breathes and is President of the Union County Medical Society Alliance. 
She was instrumental in the formation of a national program on domestic 
violence through the American Medical Association Alliance, has served 
on the Fund Raising Committee of the YMCA of Eastern Union County's 
battered women and children's shelter, and chairs a statewide Annual 
Teen Health Seminar that teaches high school students about real life 
choices.
  I salute these two caring individuals who have served our community 
so well, and I am proud to call them my neighbors.

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