[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 23, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         IN HONOR OF FAY KANIN

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                          HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 23, 2009

  Mr. WAXMAN. Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to recognize the 
extraordinary leadership of Fay Kanin, Chair of the Library of Congress 
National Film Preservation Board. On June 24, 2009 the Library of 
Congress will honor Fay for her leadership and assistance to Congress 
and the Library in their efforts to promote public awareness of the 
need to preserve America's unparalleled film heritage.
  Since 1989, Fay Kanin has served with distinction as the Chair of the 
National Film Preservation Board, a congressionally-mandated advisory 
body to the Librarian of Congress. The Board, under her leadership, has 
assisted the Librarian of Congress in educating Americans about the 
diversity of our nation's film heritage and highlighted the importance 
of preservation and the intensive efforts required to safeguard our 
irreplaceable movie heritage.
  During her illustrious career as a writer, playwright and producer on 
the Broadway stage, in television and in Hollywood, Fay Kanin has 
earned acclaim for works as diverse as Goodbye My Fancy, Teacher's Pet, 
Tell Me Where It Hurts, Friendly Fire, Heat of Anger, and Heartsounds. 
She has received an Academy Award nomination, two Emmy Awards, 
additional Emmy nominations, the Edmund H. North Award from the Writers 
Guild of America, a Golden Globe nomination, the Humanitas Prize Kieser 
Award, the Crystal Award of Women in Film, the Peabody Award, and a 
Tony nomination.
  Ms. Kanin has been a leader and a pioneer in the Hollywood community, 
serving four terms from 1979 to 1983 as the second female president in 
the history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She has 
given years of service to the Hollywood community as a member of the 
Academy's Board of Governors, President of the Academy Foundation, and 
President of the Screen Branch of the Writers Guild of America.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Fay Kanin for her 
twenty years of service to the film preservation efforts of the Library 
of Congress, and her decades of contributions to the Hollywood 
community and the nation.

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