[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 47 (Monday, April 4, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E620-E621]
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           IN HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF MARY ELIZABETH FLAHIVE

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 4, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor and remembrance of 
Mary Elizabeth Flahive, whose life was marked by her strong ties to the 
Cleveland community.
  Mary was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. She obtained both an 
undergraduate and graduate degree in Geology. She then spent ten years 
working at the Springfield, Massachusetts Museum of Natural History.
  She moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where she began her 42 year career with 
the Cleveland Natural History Museum. Her career began with an 
expedition to Colorado, where she assisted in a dinosaur excavation.
  Her tenure at the Natural History Museum was marked by achievement 
after achievement. She set up the Camp Bigfoot program at the museum, a 
program which is still active to this very day. She also set up other 
programs such as the Western Heritage Expeditions.
  Her mark on the community expands further than just her work at the 
Natural History Museum. Friends of hers, the Anderson Family,

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remember fondly the time she replanted their son's garden after rain 
had washed it away. In fact, a friend of Mary's recalled that she 
``believed firmly in all children and in the beauty of the earth.''
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me today in honoring the life 
of Mary Elizabeth Flahive. She is a wonderful example to us all in her 
devotion to the earth and to her community.

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