[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 135 (Saturday, November 20, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2078]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN RECOGNITION OF LeROY HERBERT

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 19, 2004

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call the attention of my 
colleagues to LeRoy Herbert, a distinguished gentleman from my 
district, who is being honored by the Monmouth Medical Center 
Foundation, as they celebrate their Thirty-Third Annual Crystal Ball.
  LeRoy traces his roots to Long Branch where he was born, raised and 
educated. He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1950 and 
joined the accounting firm Ernst & Ernst in New York City. He was 
admitted into the partnership in 1963 and subsequently transferred to 
Europe. In Europe, Herbert lived in London and Paris where his interest 
and enthusiasm for hospitals and philanthropy was sparked when he 
became involved with the American Hospital of Paris after learning that 
Americans were admitted to the facility regardless of their economic 
status.
  LeRoy's ties to the Monmouth Medical Center began in the early 1970s, 
when his mother, Edna, was a patient of surgeon Charles Zukaukas, M.D., 
and internist John Stockfish, M.D. Herbert made his first charitable 
gift to the Medical Center in honor of the two physicians to express 
his gratitude for the excellent care she received. Soon after, LeRoy 
made an additional gift to name the hospital's Surgical Intensive Care 
Unit in honor of his mother.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my sincere hope that my colleagues will join me in 
honoring and recognizing, LeRoy Herbert, as the Monmouth Medical Center 
Foundation honors him for his dedication and commitment to the Medical 
Center.




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