[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 128 (Tuesday, August 30, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1535]
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    CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF DR. GARLAND E. ``GARY'' MOREY, JR. AND 
 RECOGNIZING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA HIV/AIDS COMMUNITY

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                         HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 30, 2011

  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 
life of Dr. Garland E. ``Gary'' Morey, Jr., a pioneer in South 
Florida's HIV/AIDS community. Dr. Morey passed away after a lengthy 
battle with cancer on August 1, 2011, at the age of 57. My thoughts and 
prayers go out to his family and friends at this most difficult time. 
He is survived by his life partner, William Silver; father, Garland 
Morey, Sr.; brother, Donald Morey; sister, Linda Thomas; and four 
nephews, Tim and Bryan Thomas, and Trevor and Kevin Morey.
  Dr. Morey was born in Syracuse, NY, to Garland ``Gene'' Morey and 
Theresa ``Terry'' Morey. He graduated from Cicero High School, attended 
Cornell University for his undergraduate studies, and received his 
medical degree from Upstate Medical Center. Dr. Morey was determined to 
go wherever his service was needed. During his studies and residency, 
he completed externships at the University of Cape Town in South Africa 
and Alaska Native Medical Center in Barrow. Furthermore, Dr. Morey 
practiced in Syracuse before joining the Public Health Service and 
setting up a rural medical practice in Onley, VA. Later, his work would 
take him to Florida, where he went into practice in Marathon and Big 
Pine Key.
  In 1987, Dr. Morey answered the call to help treat patients infected 
with a newly emerging immune system disease now known as HIV/AIDS. He 
moved to Fort Lauderdale and joined the Broward County Health 
Department's Northwest AIDS Center as its first HIV/AIDS specialist. 
Furthermore, he co-founded Care Resources, Inc., South Florida's oldest 
and largest HIV/AIDS service organization.
  In September 1994, after caring for over 1,200 HIV-positive patients, 
Dr. Morey was forced to retire as a physician, but his work did not end 
there. He wrote grants, established new programs, and served on the 
committees and boards of numerous community-based organizations, 
including the University of Miami AIDS treatment center, Community 
Research Initiative, People With AIDS Coalition, International 
Foundation for Alternate Research in AIDS, Broward Community 
Foundation, Shadowood II, South Florida AIDS Network, Broward County 
HIV Health Services Planning Council, and chairman of the board for 
Center One.
  When Dr. Morey lost his larynx to esophagus cancer in 2000, he joined 
the New Voice Club of South Florida. He became a speech therapist to 
help individuals like himself learn to talk and live with throat 
cancer. Dr. Morey also established a training program for nursing 
students at Florida Atlantic University and invited students to club 
meetings to work with members. In addition, he traveled to schools 
throughout Broward County teaching young children the hazards of 
smoking.
  Mr. Speaker, for over 16 years, Dr. Gary Morey volunteered his time 
and expertise whenever and wherever he could to help those individuals 
most in need. He was a wonderful human being whose generosity and 
selflessness are a true inspiration to us all, and he will be dearly 
missed. Dr. Morey's legacy of care and compassion is now in our hands 
to continue. Let us honor his memory by working to ensure that people 
living with HIV/AIDS have access to quality health care and are treated 
with dignity and respect.

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