[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 90 (Thursday, June 30, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S7799]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO BERNARD A. ``TONY'' GOETZ

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
Kentuckian who has spent much of his life dedicated to improving access 
to healthcare and educational opportunities for the people of the 
Commonwealth. Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring 
Owensboro native, Mr. Bernard A. ``Tony'' Goetz, as he prepares to 
begin a new chapter in his life--retirement.
  I have had the pleasure of working with Tony on several different 
occasions, particularly through his tenure at the University of 
Kentucky where he served as Associate Dean of the College of Medicine 
and later as Director of Government Relations. In addition, Tony 
dedicated more than half of his professional career to developing an 
effective alumni affairs program at UK. He also helped establish the UK 
Center for Rural Health, create the UK Area Health Education System and 
launch the McDowell Cancer Network, which later became the Kentucky 
Community Cancer Program.
  Tony's background in healthcare education and advocacy dates back to 
1965, when he first served as executive director of the Owensboro 
Council for Retarded Children. He then served as executive director of 
the Blue Grass Association for Mental Retardation. In his next two 
jobs, Tony served as chief executive officer of the Bluegrass Regional 
Health Planning Council, Inc. and the East Kentucky Health Systems 
Agency, Inc.
  Continuing his pattern of selfless service, Tony most recently worked 
in the Office of the Governor in Frankfort, KY. For the past two 
sessions, he has served as liaison between the Governor and the 
Kentucky General Assembly, combining his legendary affable nature with 
encyclopedic command of details he helped the Commonwealth move forward 
on a number of legislative fronts. Though his employers and 
responsibilities have changed over the years, it is obvious that Tony 
was instrumental and effective at every position he held. He balanced 
many duties and he performed each of them with tremendous skill. I ask 
my colleagues in the Senate to join me in honoring Tony Goetz for his 
dedicated service. I wish him well in retirement.

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