[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 162 (Thursday, December 9, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2110]
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                          HONORING DEAN HIRSCH

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                           HON. DAVID DREIER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 9, 2010

  Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, today I would like to honor Dean Hirsch 
for his distinguished career in serving others around the world. Dean 
recently retired as the long-time president of World Vision 
International, capping a 34-year career at the humanitarian 
organization.
  World Vision International is a relief organization that serves tens 
of millions of people in need, in nearly 100 countries around the 
globe. World Vision is helping to improve the lives of the world's most 
impoverished people, with a special focus on children. Under Dean 
Hirsch's leadership, World Vision has worked to alleviate the suffering 
of those facing both the long-term challenges of endemic poverty, 
famine and disease, as well as acute crises, such as the 2004 tsunami.
  Throughout his tenure as President, Dean was instrumental in 
fostering greater cooperation between World Vision and other leading 
relief and humanitarian organizations, in order to better serve those 
in need. I had the opportunity to spend time with Dean at the World 
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he offered an important 
voice on addressing the root challenges of poverty. Dean often said 
that his mission at World Vision was to ``help create a world in which 
no child suffers or dies for lack of food, clean water, shelter or 
protection from exploitation or war.''
  I congratulate Dean on a very distinguished career, thank him for his 
great humanitarian work, and wish him and his wife Wendy all the best 
as they begin this new phase of their life together.

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