[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 78 (Tuesday, June 14, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO PATRICK L. CONNOLLY: A MAN OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND CARING

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                         HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 14, 2005

  Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and pay 
tribute to the late Patrick L. Connolly, a long-time resident of Miami 
and a person who unselfishly donated his time, intelligence and efforts 
to helping improve the educational opportunities for thousands of 
Floridians as a Board Member of Barry University in Miami Shores, 
Florida.
  Mr. Connolly was a special kind of man who really had two careers in 
his lifetime. He built a very successful career in the delivery 
business in both the Minneapolis and Atlanta markets. He served as 
president of Air Courier Dispatch Inc. of Minnesota, as Chairman of the 
Board for Mail Dispatch Inc., and as president of Courier Dispatch in 
Atlanta.
  When he retired from his business to live in South Florida, he was 
not content to sit back and simply enjoy the fruits of his labor. He 
became actively involved in the community, joining the Board of 
Trustees of what was then Barry College for Women in 1978, and remained 
an active member of the board for 27 years until he passed away last 
week. During this time, he planned and oversaw the growth of Barry into 
a major educational institution with a national reputation in health 
sciences and minority education. He helped establish a scholarship in 
the name of Barry's 4th president, Sister Trinita Flood. He also led an 
executive council which helped revise the bylaws for the Advisory Board 
of the Andreas School of Business. He donated generously to Barry's 
capital campaigns, earning the designation as member of the Society of 
Founders. He became a member of the University's Covenant Society, by 
remembering Barry in his estate planning.
  Mr. Connolly's name will always be associated with the institution he 
loved, Barry University. He embodied the spirit of Barry through his 
commitment and dedication to Catholic higher education. By any 
standard, he was a remarkable man, and he will be missed by his family, 
his friends, his extended family at Barry University, and by the 
countless people he never met who were given opportunities in life 
because of his efforts.

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