[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 44 (Monday, March 22, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E445]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




A TRIBUTE TO DR. GAY TOLTL KINMAN, 29TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF 
                             THE YEAR--2010

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 22, 2010

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Gay Toltl Kinman 
of Alhambra, California. Each year in March, in recognition of Women's 
History Month, we pay special tribute to the accomplishments made by 
our Nation's most distinguished women.
  Gay has been active with both the City of Alhambra and the Alhambra 
Chamber of Commerce. As vice president of the Housing and Urban 
Development Committee for the City of Alhambra, Gay assisted the 
Alhambra Historical Society in obtaining a grant for the Alhambra 
Historical Society Museum. Gay also served as president of the Civil 
Service Commission for the City of Alhambra. While a member of the 
Alhambra Chamber of Commerce, Gay formed the committee to plan for a 
Chinese New Year Festival Parade, which still takes place today, and 
then was chair of the parade. Gay also served as Chair of 
Transportation on the Government Affairs Committee for the Alhambra 
Chamber of Commerce.
  Gay has been involved with Soroptimist International of Alhambra, San 
Gabriel, and San Marino. As president of the chapter, Gay helped bring 
in a record of nine new members, established the Friendship Link 
exchange where members of SI Burnley, England visited, helped establish 
the link between Alhambra Curves and La Casa de San Gabriel Community 
Center, and was the chair of various committees. She also founded the 
Soroptimist Camino Real Region's Friendship Grant Committee, which 
provides hospitality and professional education every two years for a 
Soroptimist from another part of the world. Currently, she is the 
Alhambra, San Gabriel, and San Marino chapter's co-vice president of 
programs, chair of the Woman of Distinction Award Committee, and co-
chair of Reading is Fundamental, which buys books for third graders in 
the Alhambra and San Gabriel School Districts.
  In addition to Soroptimists, Gay has given her time to various 
organizations throughout Alhambra. For the Alhambra Historical Society, 
she has served as president and publicity chair. As a board member for 
the Alhambra Educational Foundation, she started the Authors Festival, 
which brings over eighty children's authors, storytellers, and 
illustrators to the Alhambra Unified School District. As chair of the 
Alhambra Red Cross Council, she helped restore the presence of the Red 
Cross in Alhambra and taught volunteer training classes. She has been 
secretary for the Alhambra Toastmasters, a volunteer for Meals on 
Wheels, and is currently head usher at Alhambra's All Souls Church. In 
addition, she helped design Alhambra's float for the Tournament of 
Roses Parade.
  On top of all this, Gay has been active outside of Alhambra with the 
YMCA West San Gabriel Valley, the Special Libraries Association of 
Southern California, the Los Angeles County Deputy Commissioner of 
Civil Marriages, the League of Women Voters Greater Pasadena Area, and 
the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
  I ask all Members of Congress to join me today in honoring a 
remarkable woman of California's 29th Congressional District, Dr. Gay 
Toltl Kinman. The entire community joins me in thanking Gay for the 
meaningful impact she has had on the 29th Congressional District.

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