[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 48 (Thursday, March 19, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S3547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING MARY ELLEN ROZZELL

 Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, today I 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, CA.
  Mary Ellen was a respected, beloved leader. The president of 
Continental/Marmorstein & Malone Insurance Agency in Paramus, NJ, she 
began working in the insurance business with the Marmorstein Agency 
some 40 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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