[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 190 (Wednesday, December 12, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2551-E2552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING THE LIFE OF BARBARA H. WORTLEY

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                          HON. JAMES T. WALSH

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 12, 2007

  Mr. WALSH of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life 
of internationally

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known authority on paper-making technology, Barbara H. Wortley.
  Mrs. Wortley of Fort Lauderdale, FL, passed away on November 25 in 
Washington, DC surrounded by her loving family. The wife of former 
Congressman George C. Wortley, she conducted innovative research in 
paper-making techniques for more than 40 years.
  Barbara was the first woman graduate of the SUNY College of Forestry 
with a pulp and paper specialty. She was an honors forestry graduate 
and also received a cum laude degree in chemistry from Syracuse 
University in 1948.
  She was senior technical manager for Allied Chemical in Solvay, NY, 
later Allied Signal and then General Chemical. Her work took her to 
countries around the world to solve technical problems in paper mills.
  Numerous organizations awarded Barbara for her achievements. The 
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, TAPPI, awarded 
her for many years of contributions to the organization. Barbara wrote 
more than 30 technical papers, contributed regularly to professional 
journals, organized seminars and was a member of TAPPI for more than 40 
years.
  Barbara served on several Central New York foundations and 
associations. She was a past president of the Zonta Club of Syracuse, 
NY, an international professional women's organization; a former member 
of the CNY Epilepsy Foundation; and a former member of the New York 
State Women's Advisory Council. For her many contributions, she was a 
Syracuse Post-Standard Woman of Achievement for Science.
  She is survived by her loving husband, George C. Wortley, and their 
children, son George, daughters Ann and Elizabeth, daughter-in-law 
Susan, sons-in-law Frank and John, nine grandchildren, and two great-
grandchildren.
  For her contributions to paper-making technology and to the greater 
Central New York community, I honor my dear friend Barbara H. Wortley 
for her lifetime of accomplishment.

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