[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 144 (Wednesday, September 26, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12137-S12138]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                     TRIBUTE TO PEGGY EWING WAXTER

 Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, today I commemorate the life of 
Peggy Ewing Waxter, a woman who worked tirelessly to promote positive 
social change and civil rights. Mrs. Waxter passed away last Tuesday, 
September 18, 2007, at the age of 103. The State of Maryland and our 
Nation have lost a remarkable woman.
  In the 1930s, Mrs. Waxter helped found the Waxter Center for Seniors 
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Baltimore City. She also aided in the founding of various other 
organizations, including the University of Maryland Center for Infant 
Study, the Children's Guild of Baltimore, and the Maryland Committee 
for Children. She also helped establish the Baltimore Metropolitan 
Association for Mental Health.
  In addition to working to improve the lives of seniors, women, and 
minorities, Peggy Waxter also served as chairwoman of the Volunteers 
Advisory Committee at Baltimore City Hospital, which is now the Johns 
Hopkins Bayview Hospital, and as head of the Northeast Symphony 
Society. Through these and numerous other service organizations, she 
influenced nearly every aspect of Baltimore society and was rightfully 
named by Baltimore Magazine one of the city's 11 most powerful women in 
1978.
  Baltimore is a better city because of Peggy Waxter's guiding hand. 
She is survived by her family: a daughter, Margaret Waxter Maher; a 
son, retired Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Thomas J.S. Waxter, 
Jr., with whom I was privileged to serve in the Maryland General 
Assembly from 1967 until 1971; 6 grandchildren; and 10 great-
grandchildren. I wish to express my heartfelt condolences to the Waxter 
family, and I ask my colleagues to join me in remembering her 
today.

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