[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 139 (Wednesday, September 19, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1921-E1922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




IN HONOR OF ANGELICA BERRIE, FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
                      FOR THE ADLER APHASIA CENTER

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 19, 2007

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I rise to join the more 
than 20,000 families in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area that 
have been impacted by aphasia, an isolating loss of words, but not 
intelligence, that often follows stroke or brain injury, in paying 
tribute to their very own angel, Angelica Berrie.
  Angelica is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Adler 
Aphasia Center, opened in 2003 in Maywood, New Jersey to provide 
education, training, advocacy, and research hope to those suffering 
from aphasia. Since then she has been an active member of the Board. 
Angelica is also a driving force behind a number of other charitable 
organizations: the Board Chair for Gilda's Club Worldwide, a free 
cancer support community; Board Chair for the Center for Inter-
Religious Understanding; and a Board member of American Friends of 
Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. She formerly was a Board member 
of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation for Humanism in Medicine and a former 
member of Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons' Diabetes 
Advisory Committee. Her well-rounded pursuits bring hope and help to so 
many people in North Jersey and, indeed, around the world.
  Her late husband, Russ, founded the world renowned gift company, Russ 
Berrie and Company. His philanthropic gifts live on

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through the Russell Berrie Foundation, which Angelica serves as 
President. Amongst its many accomplishments, the Foundation has created 
the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital, the 
Berrie Fellows Program for community leadership, the Berrie Humanistic 
Care Center at Englewood Hospital, and the Berrie Performing Arts 
Center at Ramapo College.
  Angelica has been a generous benefactor, a compassionate voice, and a 
dedicated advocate for so many. In her lifetime, she has touched a 
million lives in overwhelmingly positive ways. Tonight the Adler 
Aphasia Center is honoring Angelica Berrie for her service to her 
fellow man, and I join them in commending her for giving so much of 
herself to make the world around her a better place.

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