[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 26, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING ALDO SANTORUM

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 26, 2011

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Aldo 
Santorum, the father of my friend and colleague, former Pennsylvania 
Senator Rick Santorum.
  Aldo Santorum passed away on January 15th in Crescent Beach Florida 
at the age of 88 in the home where he and his wife, Catherine Dughi, 
had spent the past 20 years together.
  Aldo was an American patriot who served alongside fellow members of 
the Greatest Generation who honored the call to service in World War 
II.
  After the war, Aldo Santorum took advantage of the GI Bill to earn a 
degree in psychology from St. Francis College in Loretto, Pennsylvania 
as well as a graduate degree from Catholic University in Washington and 
a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Ottawa.
  Instead of going into private practice, Aldo devoted his professional 
career to serving fellow veterans as a clinical psychologist for the 
Veterans Administration.
  Throughout his career, Aldo Santorum served in VA hospitals in 
Martinsburg, West Virginia, Butler, Virginia and in Chicago until 1990, 
when he and his wife Catherine retired to Crescent Beach, Florida.
  In addition to his wife and children, Aldo Santorum is survived by an 
extended, but closely-knit family of 10 grandchildren.
  I extend my condolences to Rick Santorum and the entire Santorum 
family for their loss.

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