[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 86 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1098-E1099]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING THE MEMORY OF DR. JACK HYMAN

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 22, 2008

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of an 
outstanding doctor, a wonderful man, and a truly great American, Dr. 
Jack Hyman.
  Dr. Hyman was born in Tampa, Florida, and graduated as valedictorian 
from Plant High School. After graduating from the University of 
Florida, he entered Tulane Medical School and received his M.D. in 
1941. He spent a year training in Urology before he was commissioned in 
the U.S. Army as a first lieutenant. He served in World War II as a 
physician in the Pacific Theatre of Operations. Just two short days 
after he returned from the war, Dr. Hyman married his longtime 
sweetheart, Frances Levy.

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  Upon his return from the war, Dr. Hyman completed his fellowship 
training in Urology at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. During this 
time, he received a Master of Science degree from Tulane University and 
became a diplomat of the American Board of Urology and a fellow of the 
American College of Surgeons. Dr. Hyman then opened his first practice 
in New Orleans at the Ochsner Clinic. In 1948, Dr. and Mrs. Hyman moved 
to Mobile where he continued to practice medicine. In 1970, Dr. Hyman 
opened his second private practice, Urology Associates of Mobile, where 
he practiced until his retirement in 1998.
  Dr. Hyman's service to his community did not stop at the doors of his 
medical practice. He served as president of Providence Hospital medical 
staff, president of the Mobile Infirmary medical staff, president of 
the Mobile County Medical Society, trustee of the board of directors of 
Mobile Infirmary, trustee of the Mobile Infirmary Foundation Board, 
president of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, president 
of the Alabama Foundation for Health Care, and founding director of 
SouthTrust Bank.
  And make no mistake, Dr. Hyman's service did not go unnoticed. In 
1994, he was awarded the Samuel Buford Word Award, the Alabama Medical 
Association's highest honor, in recognition of extraordinary service to 
humanity. Additionally, the Tulane Medical Alumni Association awarded 
Dr. Hyman the C.D. Taylor Award in 2003, in recognition of his 
outstanding service to the community.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in remembering a 
dedicated doctor, community leader, and friend to many, as well as a 
wonderful husband, father, and grandfather. Dr. Jack Hyman will be 
dearly missed by his family--his lovely wife of 62 years, Frances Levy 
Hyman; their children, Phillip Hyman and his wife Mary, Bob Hyman and 
his wife Diane, Cathy Mosteller and her husband Matt, and Ellen 
Cunningham and her husband Russ; his grandchildren, Julie Hyman 
Wilkins, Jake Hyman, Michael Mosteller, Clifton Mosteller, Frances 
Mosteller, Jack Cunningham, Callie Cunningham; his great-grandchild, 
Tate Wilkins; his sister, Selma Cohen--as well as the many countless 
friends he leaves behind.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with them all during this difficult 
time.

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