[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 109 (Tuesday, September 14, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1616]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
ANNUAL DINNER OF ROFEH INTERNATIONAL AND THE NEW ENGLAND CHASSIDIC
CENTER
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HON. BARNEY FRANK
of massachusetts
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, for many years I've had the
great privilege of sharing with my colleagues and the nation the
description of those who are being honored by ROFEH International and
the New England Chassidic Center. This year, the dinner for these two
valuable institutions will be held on November 14, and the awardees are
Dr. Edwin H. Kolodny, and Mr. Daniel M. Wyner.
Dr. Kolodny will receive the ``ROFEH International Distinguished
Service Award,'' for his very charitable service, and the great
distinction he has achieved in the fields of birth defects, genetic
diseases of the nervous system, and mental retardation and
developmental disabilities.
The ``Man of the Year,'' Daniel Wyner, has performed outstanding
service to the New England Chassidic Center and to the Greater Boston
Jewish Community as a whole.
These two organizations, under the leadership of Grand Rabbi Levi Y.
Horowitz, make extremely important contributions to the religious,
cultural and social life of Greater Boston, and indeed have a relevant
impact in the medical field. I am pleased to join in honoring Mr. Wyner
and Dr. Kolodny, and I ask unanimous consent to include here
biographies of both men as an example of the sort of valuable community
service that we should be encouraging through appropriate recognition.
Dr. Edwin H. Kolodny is a renowned neurologist and geneticist. He is
the Bernard A. and Charlotte Marden Professor of Neurology and Chairman
of the Department of Neurology at the New York University School of
Medicine and Director of its Division of Neurogenetics. He is a
specialist in inherited metabolic and degenerative diseases of the
nervous system and has made many contributions to the field of Jewish
genetic diseases. He serves on many scientific advisory boards and has
authored numerous articles in leading medical journals.
A native of Brookline, Massachusetts and graduate of the Boston Latin
School, he received his A.B. from Harvard College (cum laude in
Economics) and his M.D. from the NYU School of Medicine (with honors).
Dr. Kolodny trained in Internal Medicine for 2 years at Bellevue
Hospital in New York and completed his Neurology residency at the
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. After 3 additional years of
training in Neurochemistry at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, he
returned to Boston and the Harvard Medical School where he rose to
Professor of Neurology and Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Center for Mental Retardation.
Dr. Kolodny is the recipient of numerous awards and honors for his
work as a clinician, researcher and teacher. These include the Alpha
Omega Alpha Award of the NYU School of Medicine, the Above and Beyond
Award of the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association, and
listing in ``Best Doctors in the U.S.'' He has also served as a
Visiting Professor at medical schools in Israel and elsewhere overseas.
Dr. Edwin Kolodny and his wife, Dr. Roselyn Kolodny, a pediatrician,
have four children, Nancy Lieberman, Dr. Leonard Kolodny, Robin Leshem,
and Noah Kolodny, two son-in-laws, Ralph and Erez, and two daughter-in-
laws, Debby and Michelle, of whom they are equally proud, and fabulous
grandchildren Naomi, Tamar, Benjamin, Daniel, and Sarah.
Dan Wyner is President of Shawmut Corporation, a fourth generation
family business that manufactures innovative textile composites for the
Automotive, Medical, Military and Industrial markets, with three plants
in Massachusetts and Michigan. Dan has worked for Shawmut for over 23
years, working alongside his grandfather, father and most recently, one
of his brothers.
In addition to his role at Shawmut, Dan is one of the founders of
Omniflex LLC; a Western Massachusetts based technical film supplier,
and currently serves as a director of Omniflex, which is a Shawmut
Joint Venture. He is also one of the founders of PolyWorks LLC; a Rhode
Island based low-pressure injection molding company and serves on its
board of directors.
In addition to his business interest, Dan has worked to support a
number of charitable organizations.
Over the past several years, Dan and his wife Lorna have been
supporters of ROFEH International, helping in the development and
renovation of ROFEH's residential facility for the benefit of families
of Bone Marrow Transplant patients.
Dan presently serves on the board of trustees of the Rhode Island
chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as treasurer of that
organization, and he and his wife Lorna are significant supporters of
the Society, supporting both direct research projects, annual
fundraising events, and recruiting for and participating in this year's
Team in Training Cyclefest 100-mile bike ride.
Dan is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Alperin
Schechter Day School in Providence, RI where their daughter Madelyn is
a fourth grade student. Dan is also a member of the Board of Overseers
at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Dan and his wife support a number of other charitable causes,
including the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of
Washington Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and the
American Jewish Historical Society.
Dan is a graduate of Dartmouth College where he majored in
Philosophy. He, together with his wife and daughter, live on a small
horse farm in Rhode Island. In his spare time Dan plays tennis, pilots
ultra-light aircraft and does some wheel-thrown pottery.
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