[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 29, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E137-E138]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRATULATING EDWARD M. MURPHY

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                            HON. PETER WELCH

                               of vermont

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 29, 2014

  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Edward M. Murphy 
as he steps down after a decade as Chief Executive Officer of The 
MENTOR Network--a national network of local health and human services 
providers based in Boston, Massachusetts--and assumes the role of 
Executive Chairman. Ned has dedicated his career to leading public and 
private sector organizations that provide quality-of-life enhancing 
services to individuals with intellectual and developmental 
disabilities, children at-risk and their families, and people with 
brain and spinal cord injuries--including our nation's wounded 
warriors. In particular, in response to the establishment of the 
Veteran's Health Administration Assisted Living Pilot program by this 
body, Ned's leadership was instrumental in The MENTOR Network's 
development of innovative programs to serve Veterans with brain injury 
in the communities of their choosing.
  Ned began his career working with young offenders in community 
reintegration programs and was appointed commissioner of the 
Massachusetts Department of Youth Services in 1979. This began a 
sixteen-year period during which he held senior positions in state 
government, including commissioner of the Department of Mental Health 
and executive director of the Health and Educational Facilities 
Authority. After a successful career in the public sector, Ned moved on 
to the non-profit and private sectors, where among his notable 
accomplishments, he founded Alliance Health, before joining The MENTOR 
Network as CEO in 2004.

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  Ned accomplished all this as he helped raise a wonderful family; 
Owen, Meghan, Brendon and Jay; grandchildren, Rosa, Oona, Nora and 
Marlo. Ned and his wife, Ann Ellen Hornidge, continued to make a 
positive difference in Massachusetts.
  Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for Ned's contributions to enhancing the 
lives of our nation's most vulnerable citizens and thank him for his 
continued leadership on behalf of these individuals.

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