[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 64 (Monday, May 16, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S5215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                    RECOGNITION OF COL. KENT MURPHY

 Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I would like to bring to the 
Senate's attention the retirement of a distinguished member of our 
military, Col. Kent Murphy, who is retiring this year after a 
distinguished 25-year career in the Air Force.
  Colonel Murphy started his career at the U.S. Air Force Academy, 
graduating in 1980. From there, he went on to the Uniformed Services 
University of the Health Sciences, USUHS, and became a doctor in the 
Air Force Medical Corps. Dr. Murphy served in varying assignments in 
the United States and overseas while in the Air Force. He has held 
surgical positions ranging from a F-16 flight surgeon to a staff 
surgeon in the Air Force Academy Hospital's Department of 
Otolaryngology, where he later became department head. He has been an 
adjunct assistant professor at USUHS and the senior otolaryngology 
malpractice consultant for the Office of the Air Force Surgeon General. 
Certainly, such a career serving his country as a doctor in the Air 
Force would be laudable in its own right, but Colonel Murphy went far 
beyond that.
  In 1997, Colonel Murphy founded the Center of Excellence for Medical 
Multimedia at the U.S. Air Force Academy. There, Colonel Murphy 
pioneered the concept of information therapy throughout the Air Force 
Medical Service. He developed high-tech programs, using the Internet, 
video and CD/DVD ROM, that are the cornerstone of Air Force efforts to 
educate service members, dependents and retirees about important 
medical conditions such as pregnancy, hypertension and diabetes. 
Additionally, he served as the chairman of the Prorenata Health Media 
Foundation to help create access to these innovative programs for 
underserved populations across the Nation. In August of 2003, he was 
awarded the Frank Brown Berry Prize by US Medicine magazine--the 
highest honor in Federal Healthcare. Colonel Murphy is the only Air 
Force physician to have won this prestigious honor and the youngest 
recipient to date.
  I am proud to call Colonel Murphy a friend and thank him today for 
his service to the Air Force and our country. I would be remiss however 
if I did not also thank his loyal wife Cindy. As anyone who has been 
around the military will attest, a good military spouse is vital to the 
success of the servicemember. As Colonel and Mrs. Murphy head out now 
into civilian practice, I know that they will continue to make lasting 
contributions to all Americans.

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