[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 26 (Monday, February 12, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      PAYING TRIBUTE TO LARRY RUVO

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 12, 2007

  Mr. PORTER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Larry Ruvo, founder 
of the Keep Memory Alive Foundation and the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute.
  Larry Ruvo is a pillar in the Las Vegas community. He is a business 
leader and philanthropist with an extraordinary commitment to improving 
the world around him. Larry is senior managing partner of Southern 
Wines and Spirits and has contributed in a number of ways to Southern 
Nevada. Larry spearheaded the establishment of UNLVino wine tasting, 
America's largest single-day wine tasting charitable event, raising 
millions of dollars for the students of the William F. Harrah College 
of Hotel Administration at UNLV. Larry is also a founding member of the 
Young Presidents' Organization, Nevada Chapter and a member of the 
World Presidents' Organization, as well as a board member of the Nevada 
Ballet Dance Theater and the American Gaming Association. For his 
efforts, Larry has been recognized as Man of the Year by the Muscular 
Dystrophy Association and received Man of the Year honors from the 
University of Nevada Las Vegas and the Food and Beverage Directors 
Association.
  Although all of these accomplishments have contributed immensely to 
the enrichment of the southern Nevada community, Larry Ruvo's vision 
and commitment to fighting Alzheimer's disease is perhaps his most 
important contribution. After experiencing the devastating loss of his 
father, Lou Ruvo, to Alzheimer's disease, Larry worked with members of 
our community as well as prominent members of the medical community to 
found the Keep Memory Alive Foundation to raise funds for the Lou Ruvo 
Brain Institute. Since its founding, the Keep Memory Alive Foundation 
has become one of Las Vegas's most important charity initiatives and a 
key participant in the Nation's fight against Alzheimer's disease. As a 
result of the foundation's proactive mission to fight neurological 
diseases, the Keep Memory Alive Foundation has raised more than $20 
million and recruited leading specialists to become a part of this 
vital project. This month, the foundation will break ground on the Lou 
Ruvo Brain Institute, which will become an incredible force for 
researching and developing new treatments for neurological diseases 
including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud to honor Larry Ruvo. Through a number of 
endeavors he has greatly enriched the lives of those in the Las Vegas 
community. I commend his efforts in the fight against Alzheimer's and 
other neurological diseases. I express my sincerest gratitude for his 
vision and his commitment to this important cause and I congratulate 
him on the opening of the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute.




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