[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 146 (Monday, September 15, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1788]
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                       TRIBUTE TO DR. JOHN CARTER

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                            HON. FRED UPTON

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 15, 2008

  Mr. UPTON. Madam Speaker, I rise to today to pay tribute to Dr. John 
Carter, a physician and community leader in Southwest Michigan who is 
retiring from the Board of Directors of Lakeland Health Care in St. 
Joseph, Michigan.
  Dr. John Carter's contributions and innovative spirit are legendary. 
Across the region he was known as a caring, compassionate man who put 
his patients first. He created the first Intensive Care Unit at Mercy 
Hospital in Benton Harbor. Later that same year, he partnered with two 
other local physicians for the area's first multi-specialty medical 
center that became the Cedarwood Center in St. Joseph. Dr. Carter also 
brought the computer-analyzed EKG system to the state of Michigan.
  Dr. John Carter not only took care of his patients, but also became a 
leader in the community. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of 
both Cedarwood and Lakeland Health Care. He was part of a group of 
local investors who built the area's first health and racquet club, and 
he found time to volunteer in a good number of community organizations.
  Dr. John Carter was born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and moved to Michigan 
where he graduated from Kalamazoo High School and went on to Western 
Michigan University. He attended medical school at the University of 
Michigan and also served in the United States Air Force.
  Southwest Michigan is fortunate that Dr. John Carter decided to look 
for a place along Lake Michigan. Thousands of people have been touched 
by his ability to create a healing and caring community, and we are all 
better off for it. He and his wife Barb and their family have always 
made a real difference for so many.

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