[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 31, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H3787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 REMEMBERING RICHARD ``PINKY'' McNAMARA

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the memory of Richard 
``Pinky'' McNamara, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and former college 
athlete.
  Pinky passed away last week at the age 78 after a battle with 
Alzheimer's disease. He attended the University of Minnesota on an 
athletic scholarship, eventually earning three varsity letters as 
halfback for the Golden Gophers.
  Shortly after his graduation in 1956, Pinky embarked on a successful 
career in business, buying struggling companies and turning them 
around.
  Over the years, Pinky McNamara would donate millions of dollars to 
his alma mater's liberal arts and athletic departments. Along with his 
brother, Bob, another former Golden Gopher, Pinky helped raise the 
funds to bring football back to the university's campus that he loved.
  His philanthropic efforts will leave a lasting and permanent mark on 
campus, with the university's McNamara Alumni Center named in his 
honor. Pinky may be gone, but his legacy will always live on at the 
campus he loved.

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