[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 38 (Wednesday, April 6, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H1824]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING LYNN McINTYRE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Woolsey) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Lynn McIntyre, who is 
retiring as vice president for university affairs at Sonoma State 
University in Rohnert Park, California. Rohnert Park is located 40 
miles north of San Francisco, across the Golden Gate Bridge in Sonoma 
County.
  In her position as vice president, Lynn has demonstrated great skill 
and diplomacy in overseeing public media and government relations, 
university publications and university policies, and several special 
projects of interest to the university. She is a valued member of the 
university president's cabinet, advising him on management decisions.
  Lynn has had a diverse and varied career in education and banking. 
She has worked in Somalia. She has served in the Peace Corps in India. 
She has been a secondary schoolteacher in California and an 
administrator at Boston University, as well as vice president at both 
Security Pacific Bank and First Interstate Bank in Los Angeles. In this 
capacity she provided financial services to Fortune 500 and other 
companies in California and throughout the South and the West.
  Raised on family farms in the central valley of California, Lynn 
received BA and MA degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, 
and an MBA degree from Simmons College in Boston. She also studied in 
Vienna, Austria.
  As a board member of Goodwill Industries of the Redwood Empire, and a 
member of the Sonoma County Business Education Roundtable, Lynn stays 
active in community affairs.
  She and her husband Jerry own a vineyard in Sonoma County, selling 
pinot noir and merlot grapes to prominent wineries. As a hobby, they 
also make their own wine under the private label of Starr Creek 
Vineyard. I have tasted it. It is delicious.
  As President Ruben Arminana of Sonoma State so aptly noted when 
commenting on Lynn's skills in diplomacy and administration, he said, 
``She makes possible the impossible. She is loved and admired by 
faculty, staff, administrators and members of the community.''
  Mr. Speaker, I have greatly enjoyed working with Lynn McIntyre at 
Sonoma State University. Although her outstanding efforts will be 
missed, I know that she will stay involved in university affairs and in 
important education issues in our community. I wish her luck in 
retirement and look forward to seeing her in other capacities.

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