[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E276]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IN HONOR OF LARRY HORAN

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 29, 2012

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of myself and my late 
father, State Senator Fred Farr, to honor the life of a dear family 
friend, Larry Horan, who died recently at the all too young age of 
eighty-two following a short illness. Larry became a dear personal 
friend of my father, and for much of my own life, was like an uncle to 
me. He was a skilled lawyer and devoted family man whose example of 
public service and dedication to others served as a model for everybody 
who has the good fortune to know him.
  Larry and his wife of fifty-eight years, Jean, were both University 
of California graduates. They raised five children who in turn gave 
them twelve grandchildren. Larry and Jean's deep friendship with my 
late father made them almost a part of my own family, and I theirs. 
Indeed, as Larry's melanoma took hold, he and Jean approached my wife 
Shary to help them work the issues that they faced as the end of 
Larry's life neared. Horan was a devout Catholic who attended 8 a.m. 
Mass at the Carmelite Monastery virtually every day. I always knew 
Larry to be concerned about the others around him. It was never about 
Larry. I don't think he had a negative bone in his body.
  Larry was an attorney for more than fifty years and one of the most 
respected in Monterey County. During a rich and full life, he directed 
the Peace Corps in three Central and South American countries, was a 
regional director of President Johnson's War on Poverty, served on the 
board of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and was a 
leader of the Special Olympics. Horan's wide-ranging law practice 
included civil litigation, conservation easements, and land use among 
other areas. Upon graduation from the Boalt Hall School of Law at the 
University of California, Larry signed on as a prosecutor in the 
Alameda County District Attorney's office. After five years as a 
prosecutor, my father, then state Sen. Fred Farr, lured Larry and his 
wife Jean to the Monterey Peninsula in 1960 to join his law firm. Their 
partnership and friendship lasted many years. The law partnership grew 
and transformed and has become one of the leading firms on the Central 
Coast, with the Horan name at the lead.
   The Horans were great admirers of President John F. Kennedy, whose 
assassination in 1963 spurred them to change their lives. Following 
JFK's call to service, Larry and Jean became a Peace Corps family. With 
their four young children, Kevin, Kathleen, Maurine, and Stephen, they 
set out for Central America. Larry eventually served as agency director 
in El Salvador and Costa Rica and in Colombia, where their youngest 
daughter Laura was born and where I was already serving as a Peace 
Corps volunteer in Medellin. Following the Peace Corps, Sargent Shriver 
tapped Larry to head the Western Regional office for President 
Johnson's War on Poverty. Later, Shriver asked Larry to establish and 
chair the Northern California Chapter of the Special Olympics.
  Mr. Speaker, I know I speak for the whole House in recognizing the 
contributions that Larry Horan made to make this world a better place. 
We offer our condolences to his family and friends. Those of us who had 
the good fortune to have known Larry are better people for the 
experience.

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