[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 20, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     A TRIBUTE TO HONORING THE LIFE OF PATRICIA CECILE DUNN-JAHNKE

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 20, 2011

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and 
accomplishments of Patricia Cecile Dunn-Jahnke, known as Pattie Dunn. A 
former Chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard, she passed away on December 4, 
2011, in Orinda, California, surrounded by her family. While her life 
was too short, her accomplishments were recognized and respected by 
colleagues across the country.
  Pattie Dunn's life was a ``rags-to-riches'' story. Her parents were 
Las Vegas casino workers. Her father, a vaudeville actor, died of a 
heart attack when she was a teen, and her mother, a model, left the 
runway to raise the family's three children. Her childhood was not 
easy, but Pattie persevered, eventually working her way through college 
at the University of Oregon and the University of California at 
Berkeley.
  Pattie was a journalist by training and harbored dreams of being the 
next great American reporter. But after graduation, she instead took a 
job as a secretary with Wells Fargo Investment Advisers. What she made 
of her ``accidental career'' is truly nothing short of extraordinary. 
She rose quickly through the ranks of her firm, now Barclays Global 
Investors, and held a myriad of titles, including Chief Operating 
Officer, Chief Investment Officer, and even Chief Executive Officer. 
Pattie broke the glass ceiling for women in investment banking.
  Pattie then joined the Board of Hewlett-Packard. While her time there 
was not without rough patches, she will always be remembered as a 
courageous woman who typified the characteristics we hope to instill in 
our daughters. By the time she left, Pattie had risen to be its 
Chairwoman and helped right the ship at HP.
  I will always remember Pattie's valiant personal struggle with 
cancer, and her fight to raise awareness of the disease. Perhaps a 
columnist remembering her summed up Pattie best--``She rose from modest 
circumstances to the pinnacle of global finance, earning a legion of 
admirers who revere her business acumen, her integrity, her 
philanthropy and her dedication to family.''
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in extending our deepest 
condolences to Pattie Dunn's husband, Bill Jahnke; her children, Janai 
Brengman, Michelle Cox, and Michael Jahnke; siblings Paul Dunn and 
Debbie Lammers; ten grandchildren and many other family members. The 
world lost a giant in Pattie Dunn. How proud and grateful I am to have 
known her and to have called her my friend.

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