[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 66 (Friday, April 14, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    A TRIBUTE TO ANDREA VAN DE KAMP

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 14, 2017

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Andrea Van de Kamp, of 
Pasadena, California, upon receiving the prestigious Rose Award from 
the Los Angeles Parks Foundation.
   Born in Michigan, Andrea attended Michigan State University and 
received her Master's Degree from the Teacher's College of Columbia 
University. Andrea has an impressive and varied career in business, 
fundraising and the arts. These include serving as Associate Director 
of Admissions for Dartmouth College, Director of Public Affairs for 
Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Executive Director of the Southern 
California Coro Foundation, Director of Development at the Museum of 
Contemporary Art, and President and CEO of the Independent Colleges of 
Southern California where she administered annual funding campaigns for 
15 colleges. In addition, she was Managing Director of Sotheby's West 
Coast Operations and Vice President of Sotheby's North America.
   Andrea is well known for her energy, good sense of humor, and 
exceptional people skills, and those traits have been invaluable to the 
many arts organizations she has been involved with. A volunteer for the 
Music Center: Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles for many years, she 
chaired the center's Board of Governors, chaired the Operating Company, 
was a member of The Blue Ribbon--the center's women's support group, 
and chaired the foundation giving fund. One of her greatest 
achievements was in 1995 when Andrea took up the challenge and embarked 
on a vigorous funding campaign and raised the remaining $264 million 
needed to build the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
   In addition to the Music Center, where she is Chair Emeritus, she 
served on the Walt Disney Company Board of Directors, the UCLA Hammer 
Museum Board of Directors, Vice Chaired the California Council of the 
Humanities, was Co-Chair of the Los Angeles Arts Task Force, as well as 
serving on various financial and business organizations. In addition to 
the Los Angeles Parks Foundation Rose Award, Ms. Van de Kamp was 
honored with the 2003 Junior League of Los Angeles' Lifetime Community 
Achievement Award.
   Andrea and her late husband, former California Attorney General John 
Van de Kamp, have one daughter, Diana.
   I ask all Members to join me in thanking Andrea Van de Kamp of 
Pasadena, California for her extensive and outstanding contributions to 
the arts in the greater Los Angeles community.

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