[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 60 (Tuesday, May 10, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E917]
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                  HONORING THE LIFE OF ALVARO AGUIRRE

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 10, 2005

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the life and 
achievements of Mr. Alvaro Aguirre. A lifelong educator and member of 
the Latin Chamber, Las Vegas, Nevada, 74, Mr. Aguirre passed away 
peacefully the morning of Friday, April 22, 2005. Born to Arturo 
Aguirre Matheu and Marta Diaz Raphael on December 22, 1930, in 
Guatemala City, Guatemala, Alvaro moved to the United States when he 
was 17 years of age, graduated from San Mateo Junior College, with a 
degree in Biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley. 
He later completed his doctoral studies in Animal Nutrition at the 
University of Florida.
  Alvaro taught at Harvard Project Escuela Agricola Panamericana in 
Honduras, and served as the professor of the College of Biological 
Sciences as well as president of the National University of Guatemala 
San Carlos regional campus system. He served on the team at the 
Nutritional Institute of Central America and Panama, credited with 
creating INCAPARINA, a food substitute for indigent people. 
Additionally, he was active in the Lions International in Guatemala, 
having served as president of the Quetzaltenango Club.
  Alvaro spent his life as an educator and academic counselor. As a 
bilingual counselor, he helped thousands of Nevada students, prior to 
his retirement from the Clark County School District. His dedication to 
providing the youth of southern Nevada with the finest of educations 
commends us to look to Alvaro as a role model and personification of 
the value of education.
  Alvaro was a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather and friend. 
My sympathies go out to those who survive him: his loving wife, 
Eugenia, sons, Alvaro, Jr., Luis Pedro; Aldo Adrian and Hernan, and 
daughters Rita and Eugenia Maria. Alvaro was blessed with many 
grandchildren, living in Las Vegas, New Mexico and in Guatemala.
  I join the community in thanking Alvaro Aguirre for his dedication, 
commitment and hard work on behalf of so many communities all across 
the American continent. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. I 
urge all of my colleagues to heed the example set by this extraordinary 
individual in his devotion to providing education to our most 
vulnerable children.

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