[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 145 (Thursday, September 29, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1729-E1730]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IN HONOR OF CAROL LYNN HATTON

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 29, 2011

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of 
Carol Lynn Hatton, who passed away on August 22, 2009, at the age of 
60. Carol was born in Long Beach, California, attended local schools 
and graduated from Long Beach State University with a BA in Physical 
Anthropology and earned her Masters Degree in Developmental Psychology 
at San Jose State University.
  Carol was devoted to her family and raised two daughters while 
working as the Development Officer at All Saints Episcopal Day School 
and at Santa Catalina High School. She valued the private education 
that her children received, but was never comfortable with the fact 
that all children didn't have the same opportunity. For this reason, 
she worked hard to support efforts that provided scholarships. 
Likewise, when Carol joined the Development staff at the Community 
Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, where she was instrumental in 
raising the necessary funds to bring state-of-the art digital 
mammography equipment to CHOMP, she led a campaign that would provide 
diagnostic services to any woman, regardless of her income.
  Following her breast cancer diagnosis in 2002, Carol routinely 
offered support, counsel, and friendship to other patients while 
bravely fighting her own battle. She felt fortunate to have had 
comprehensive health care coverage and though she always expressed her 
appreciation for having access to the finest physicians in the country, 
Carol believed it unfair that all women did not benefit from the same 
outstanding care and health insurance coverage. Carol placed tremendous 
value on

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a level playing field. She often dreamt of winning the lottery, 
because, as she told her friends, ``think of all the people and 
organizations I could help.''
  Carol herself benefited from some of her own work to help improve 
CHOMP's Breast Care Center. The American College of Radiology has 
designated the CHOMP facility a Breast Care Center of Excellence. 
Carol's work helped ensure that the Center can provide services to any 
woman regardless of income. The center offers comprehensive breast care 
in a single setting, same day biopsy, digital mammography, and 
minimally invasive diagnostic procedures using ultrasound, MRI and 
stereotactic guidance. Its team of specialists includes radiologists, 
pathologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, and 
plastic surgeons.
  On Saturday, October 1, 2011, many of Carol's family, friends, and 
colleagues will gather to rededicate the CHOMP Breast Care Center in 
honor of Carol. Mr. Speaker, while Carol's friends and family reflect 
on her accomplishments on this special occasion, we honor her kindness, 
her courage and her spirit. We honor the family that Carol loved and 
cherished, her husband Dave Hatton, their two daughters Lindsay Hatton 
McClelland and Brynn Hatton, and their granddaughter, Hazel Hatton 
McClelland. The memory of Carol's love and compassion will live on in 
this legacy, as we rename Community Hospital's Breast Care Center The 
Carol Hatton Breast Care Center.
  I know I speak for the whole House in calling out for special 
recognition of the special and intertwined relationship between Carol 
Hatton and the CHOMP Breast Cancer Center. Patients and their families 
will benefit from their work for years to come.

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