[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 25 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E254]
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                      HONORING ULYSSES CURRY, M.D.

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 25, 2010

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and 
congratulate Ulysses Curry, M.D. upon being honored with the ``Trail 
Blazers Award'' by the African American Museum. Dr. Curry will be 
honored at the African American History Month Celebration and Banquet 
on Saturday, February 6th, 2010 in Fresno, California.
  Dr. Ulysses ``U.S.'' Curry was born the seventh of eight children to 
Reverend Dr. Milton K. Curry Sr. and Lena Easter Curry in Fort Worth, 
Texas. Dr. Curry attended the University of Kansas.
  Before completing his education, Dr. Curry joined the United States 
Army. He served in the Medical Corps during World War II from 1943 
through 1946. Upon his Army discharge, Dr. Curry continued his 
education by attending Howard University and the University of Kansas 
in Lawrence. Finally, Dr. Curry completed his medical degree in 1952 
from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. He completed his 
medical internships in Raleigh, North Carolina, Fresno, California and 
Denver, Colorado.
  In 1954, Dr. Curry married Mary Roper. Two years after they married, 
Dr. and Mrs. Curry, along with their three week old son, moved to 
Fresno, California and Dr. Curry started his practice. Dr. Curry had 
served the Fresno area as a practicing physician for fifty years when 
he retired in 2006.
  Outside of his practice, Dr. Curry was active in city, state and 
national medical organizations. He served as a Fellow of the American 
Academy of Family Physicians and Diplomate American Board, Family 
Practice. Dr. Curry continues to be an active member of the Second 
Baptist Church of Fresno and in various community activities. Dr. Curry 
is heavily involved with Fresno's commitment to the United Negro 
College Fund, believing in the cause that ``A mind is a terrible thing 
to waste.''
  Dr. and Mrs. Curry have five children, all of which have obtained 
Bachelors Degrees from four year universities. They also have four 
grandchildren; three are currently in college and one in high school.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and congratulate Dr. Ulysses 
Curry upon being honored with the ``Trail Blazers Award.'' I invite my 
colleagues to join me in wishing Dr. Curry many years of continued 
success.

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