[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 21, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E602]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO PATRICK McGUIRE

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 21, 2007

  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, our community of Northwest Ohio has lost a 
leader and academic activist whose reach was national in scope. Patrick 
McGuire lost his battle with cancer on March 18, 2007 and passed from 
this life at the age of 53 years.
  A native of Malone, New York, Mr. McGuire was a Toledo, Ohio resident 
since accepting a teaching position with the University of Toledo in 
1987. He continued teaching throughout, but took on the directorship of 
the university's Urban Affairs Center in 2000. His leadership oversaw 
an expansion of that institution and a national recognition of his and 
the center's efforts. His respected research of community 
sustainability and development, urban sprawl, the creation of a 
municipal electrical company, and the so called ``brain drain'' of 
young professionals was nationally known.
  Equally important to his academic and community leadership, Pat 
McGuire was dedicated to his personal life. His family and friends knew 
him to be a gourmet cook who loved fly fishing. We extend our 
sympathies to his life partner Linda and children Seamus and Erin, his 
parents, sister and brother, niece and nephew. We know their loss is 
profound, and hope comfort is found in the memories they share.
  Perhaps the best summation of the life and work of Patrick McGuire 
was offered by his successor at the Urban Affairs Center: ``Patrick was 
a person with a lot of heart, he was tenacious and righteous, and he 
fought absolutely for what he believed in . . .'' A fine legacy indeed.

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