[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 40 (Monday, March 14, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E299]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO LINDA S. PURA--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE YEAR

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 14, 2016

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Linda S. Pura, 
of Los Feliz, a unique neighborhood in Los Angeles, California.
   Born in New Jersey, Linda attended Skidmore College and New Jersey 
City University for her registered nursing degree and teaching 
credential, and California State University, Northridge, where she 
obtained her Master's of Public Administration Degree.
   Linda's illustrious forty-two year career as a registered nurse, 
health care educator and nursing manager began at Bayonne Hospital in 
Bayonne, New Jersey. After moving to California, she was a critical 
care instructor for seventeen years at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 
Los Angeles, and then clinical manager of their blood donor facility, 
where she was responsible for blood donations and stem cell collection 
patient care. Linda provided, developed and coordinated educational 
programs and education needs assessments for over 400 primary care 
clinicians for the California Department of Health Care Services' Los 
Angeles County Cancer Detention Program, ``Every Woman Counts.'' In 
addition, Mrs. Pura acted as the Consumer Representative for the U.S. 
Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) National Mammography Quality 
Assurance Advisory Committee, where she advised the FDA in the 
development of quality standards for mammography facilities and 
accrediting bodies, and developed procedures to monitor compliance with 
standards and mechanisms to investigate consumer complaints.
   A tireless advocate for women's breast health, Linda co-founded the 
Susan G. Komen Los Angeles County affiliate, an organization that 
provides funding for breast cancer education and outreach, and breast 
health services in the Los Angeles County communities. Linda has 
participated in multiple aspects of the organization, including serving 
as Board President, Race for the Cure Chairperson, and on the Education 
and Grants Committees, and is currently a member of their speakers' 
bureau, their metastatic breast cancer committee and the Race for the 
Cure committee. One of Mrs. Pura's major achievements was the design 
and organization of breast cancer diagnostic centers funded by Susan G. 
Komen Los Angeles County for symptomatic women and men. For her 
efforts, Linda received the national organization's Jill Ireland Award 
for Volunteerism.
   Linda and her husband, Marshall Pura, have been Los Feliz residents 
for almost fifty years. Married for nearly half a century, they have 
one daughter and two granddaughters.
   I ask all Members to join me in honoring an exceptional woman of 
California's 28th Congressional District, Linda S. Pura, for her 
extraordinary service to the community.

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