[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 11, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E636]
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                           MARY ELLEN ROZZELL

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 11, 2009

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Mary 
Ellen Rozzell, former President of the National Association of 
Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO), who passed away 
unexpectedly on March 3, 2009, while attending a NAPSLO conference in 
Palm Springs, California.
  Mary Ellen was a respected, beloved leader. The President of 
Continental/Marmorstein & Malone Insurance Agency in Paramus, New 
Jersey, she began working in the insurance business with the 
Marmorstein Agency some forty years ago. Mary Ellen served as President 
of New Jersey Surplus Lines Association (NJSLA) from 1989-1990, and was 
named as NJSLA honoree of the year in 1992 due to her outstanding 
contribution to the New Jersey Surplus Lines Industry. She also served 
on the New Jersey Insurance Commissioner's Producer Advisory Council, 
and with the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
  Her warmth, openness, honesty and good nature made everyone who met 
her feel immediately comfortable. These qualities served her very well 
in life, with family and friends, and in her remarkable career where 
she rose through the ranks with hard work and honesty. She was always 
prepared for the trials of life and business and the often difficult 
decisions required by both. She embraced responsibility, expected 
accountability and never failed those who depended on her.
  All who knew her benefited by her example.
  Her family has established the Mary Ellen Rozzell Foundation for AVM 
Research so that friends and colleagues might contribute to 
arteriovenous malformation research in Mary Ellen's name.
  I extend my sympathy to her family and those close to her. She will 
be missed greatly by everyone she touched.

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