[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 151 (Tuesday, November 15, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
HONORING WAYNE THOMAS JAQUITH
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HON. EDWARD J. MARKEY
of massachusetts
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Wayne Jaquith upon the
occasion of his impending retirement.
Over the last two decades, Wayne Jaquith has worked tirelessly to
advance the cause of peace, security and disarmament.
Since June of 1999, he has coordinated the Peace and Security Funders
Group, an organization which works with various philanthropic
organizations interested in peace and disarmament issues. From December
1997 through May 1999, Wayne founded and ran the Peace Philanthropy
Project, which sought to cultivate new philanthropy on peace and
security issues. In 2002, Wayne also co-founded the Iraq Peace Fund,
and served on its distribution committee. He also has been a consultant
to W. Alton Jones Foundation, Ploughshares Fund and Turner Foundation.
Until July 1997, Wayne was president and founder of National Security
News Service, Natural Resources News Service and Public Education
Center. From 1989 through 1992, he served first as vice president and
then as president of Council for a Livable World Education Fund, and as
Boston director of Council for a Livable World. From 1978 through 1988,
Wayne served successively as executive director of Nantucket Land
Council, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Lawyers Alliance for
Nuclear Arms Control and Ploughshares Fund. He was co-founder of many
coalitions including Professionals Coalition for Nuclear Arms Control,
Coalition for the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Coalition to Reduce Nuclear
Dangers and the Arms Transfer Working Group.
Wayne has been an invaluable asset to the peace and disarmament
community for many years. He will be missed. I wish him all the best in
his retirement.
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