[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 9 (Wednesday, February 2, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E156]
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                        TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE
                         S. PAUL EHRLICH, M.D.

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 2, 2005

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a distinguished 
American, Dr. S. Paul Ehrlich, who died on January 6, 2005.
  Dr. Ehrlich served our Nation with great distinction as Acting 
Surgeon General in the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations and as 
the United States Representative to the World Health Organization. He 
received the Public Health Service's Outstanding Service Medal, the 
Distinguished Service Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal. Dr. C. 
Everett Koop, the Surgeon General under President Reagan, said that Dr. 
Ehrlich ``did more than anyone I've ever known for American health.''
  Dr. Ehrlich was among six Surgeons General who in 1994 urged Congress 
to ban smoking in public buildings and to enact stricter controls on 
secondhand smoke and the sale and advertising of tobacco. His 
commitment to the health of all Americans and to stopping the spread of 
AIDS led him to oppose a federal policy that would require minors to 
get parental consent before receiving contraceptives and information on 
birth control.
  Dr. Ehrlich was born and educated in Minnesota, where he earned his 
medical degree. He served our Nation in the Coast Guard, and received a 
master's degree in Public Health from the University of California. He 
taught at Georgetown University, the University of Texas and the 
University of California. He was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 
1981 and lived bravely with the challenges of his disease for more than 
twenty years.
  Dr. Ehrlich was the devoted husband of Geraldine McKenna Ehrlich, 
proud father of three accomplished and loving daughters, Susan, Paula, 
and Jill, and the doting grandfather of one.
  It has been a personal privilege to have known the Ehrlich family for 
many years and to have had Jill Ehrlich Robinson as my Legislative 
Director and Chief of Staff. Her integrity and public service are an 
eloquent statement about she and her father who gave so much to better 
our country.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring this good and 
great American and in extending our deepest sympathy to his family. Dr. 
Ehrlich's life as an outstanding physician bettered the health and the 
soul of our Nation.

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