[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 149 (Tuesday, December 9, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1765]
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                         TRIBUTE TO MONTY HALL

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                          HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 9, 2014

  Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a great 
humanitarian and philanthropist, Monty Hall.
  Monty Hall is widely known for his iconic work in daytime television, 
but what many Americans don't know is that he has spent his life 
engaged in philanthropic work. Monty Hall has traveled extensively 
throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe and raised an 
estimated $1 billion for charities. He has been honored with more than 
500 awards for his tireless work.
  In 1975, Monty Hall was elected President of the world's largest 
children's charity, Variety Clubs International, and in 1981 he was 
honored with the lifetime title of International Chairman. In 1988, he 
was awarded the prestigious Order of Canada for his humanitarian works 
around the world. In 2002, he was inducted into the Order of Manitoba. 
For the past 35 years, he has hosted the annual Monty Hall/Cedars-Sinai 
Tennis Tournament to benefit the Diabetes Center and Pancreatic Cancer 
Program.
  It is a tribute to Monty Hall's commitment that the children's wings 
of four hospitals--UCLA Medical Center, Hahnemann Hospital in 
Philadelphia, Mount Sinai in Toronto, and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore--
all bear his name.
  Monty Hall has received honorary doctorates from the University of 
Manitoba, Haifa University in Israel, and Hahnemann Medical College. He 
and Marilyn, his beloved wife of 66 years, have three children and five 
grandchildren.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking Monty Hall for his 
tremendous contributions, which have made lives better for countless 
individuals in our nation and around the world.

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