[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 93 (Monday, June 13, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IN RECOGNITION OF LARRY DOMINO

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                            HON. KEVIN BRADY

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 13, 2016


``If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must 
                         be by what he gives.''

  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the English clergyman Robert South 
never met Larry Domino, but his words sum up exactly how Larry's 
family, friends and extended family of former athletes view this 
remarkable man.
  Larry Domino wasn't born in Texas, but it seems he got to the Lone 
Star State as soon as he could. When Larry arrived from Depew, New York 
35 years ago, he already had a heart as big as any native born son. 
After all, he is a diehard Buffalo Bills fan.
  He's also a born educator. Larry Domino first earned his place in 
education with a degree from Buffalo State College and then earned a 
Masters from Sam Houston State University. Over the past three and half 
decades, Larry has taught, coached and been a school administrator in 
both the Aldine and Klein districts. Currently, he is a beloved 
Associate Principal at Klein's Doerre Intermediate School.
  When Larry married the love of his life, Tina Lee, 27 years ago next 
month, his Texas sized heart expanded. Then it grew even bigger when 
they welcomed the lights of their lives--daughters, Brita Susan and 
Lauren Ansley in 1995 and 1998.
  Whether Larry Domino is known as teacher, dad, coach, or principal, 
generations of eager young people have achieved their dreams because 
Mr. D. believed in them.
  Chonda Besse says ``Mr D is a man of few words,'' but he taught her 
that ``sometimes a few words are all it takes to change someone's 
life.'' She is honored to be thought of as a ``daughter'' in the Domino 
family.
   One of his former swimmers at Eisenhower High School, Lisa Jost, 
remembers how Coach Domino told her ``that I could do anything I set my 
mind to doing, and that I could trust myself to do it well.'' She held 
on to that because ``it had to be true if Coach said it.'' She says as 
a new teacher, her coach is still inspiring her.
  Dr. Tina Elkins says what made Coach Domino different was that he 
coached them in and out of the water, providing a foundation that 
helped her become who she is today.
  It's not just students who were impressed either, Eisenhower 
Principal Fred Richardson notes Coach Domino's ``ability to develop 
relationships, with teachers, students and parents'' and the ``positive 
difference in the lives of many.''
  As Buffalo Bills coach Mary Levy says ``Where else would you rather 
be than right here, right now?'' Coach Domino, you found your best 
right here in Texas. And Texas is better off for your service to 
generations of young people who just needed someone to believe in them.

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