[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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