[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 61 (Thursday, April 26, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 IN HONOR OF DR. HANIMIREDDY LAKIREDDY

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                         HON. DENNIS A. CARDOZA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 26, 2012

  Mr. CARDOZA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my friend, Dr. 
Hanimireddy Lakireddy on the event of his 70th Birthday.
  Dr. Lakireddy is a well known and respected doctor in Merced, 
California. He is the owner and cardiologist at Merced Heart 
Associates. He is also a physician and surgeon with University Surgery 
Center. He became the first cardiologist in Merced in 1984. Dr. 
Lakireddy earned his medical degree from Oasmania Ganshi Kakatiya 
Medical College.
  Dr. Lakireddy is a major supporter of the tenth University of 
California campus in Merced. Along with his wife, Vijaya, he generously 
gave a one million dollar gift to name the Classroom Auditorium and 
enabled the campus to enhance the main lecture hall to provide a 
performance-based venue for campus events. A leader in the medical and 
East Indian community, Dr. Lakireddy has helped cultivate numerous 
gifts to the campus. He not only helps the campus through monetary 
donations, but he lends his support as a member of the Board of 
Trustees.
  Dr. Lakireddy has a philanthropic goal to promote the virtue of 
education in the community. He sponsors a scholarship at Merced High 
School in honor of his parents. He donated one million dollars to 
Merced College to establish the Dr. Lakireddy School of Health Sciences 
which offers vocational certificates, vocational nursing, nurse 
assistant, emergency medical technology, registered nursing and sports 
medicine. He was awarded Philanthropist of the Year by the Merced 
community in 2006.
  Dr. Lakireddy not only lends his support to the Merced community but 
he also continues to help those in Southern India. He has funded 
several schools, hospitals and a sports complex in two poverty stricken 
cities, Velvadam and Mylavaram. In addition, Dr. Lakireddy runs a 
pension program in Velvadam where he promised that ``as long as I live, 
not a single person will go hungry.''
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in honoring my good 
friend, Dr. Hanimireddy Lakireddy for his civic engagement and support 
for the community.

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