[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 77 (Thursday, May 4, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E608-E609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING MARY AND DAVID BOIES

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                           HON. NITA M. LOWEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 4, 2017

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Mary and David Boies, 
who will be honored by United Way of Westchester and Putnam with the 
Spirit of Caring Award for their leadership, commitment to community, 
and willingness to help others.
  Mary Boies has had a successful career in law and currently serves as 
Counsel to Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, where she specializes in 
antitrust and corporate commercial litigation. Her prior positions 
include General Counsel of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, Assistant 
Director of the Domestic Policy Staff at the White House, and Counsel 
to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee. Ms. Boies was also a member of a 
non-partisan, professional Committee that reviewed federal judicial 
nominees. In each of these roles, she has always sought to do what is 
right and best for others.
  Outside of her work in law, she has also worked to support children's 
educational software. She was the founder of MaryBoies Software Inc., 
which developed Top of the Key and Slam Dunk Typing. Both programs were 
recognized as some of the top pieces of children's educational software 
and have been translated into numerous languages for international 
distribution. Additionally, she has served on the Board of Directors of 
the Council on Foreign Relations, the Board of Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology's Center for International Studies, as well as the Board 
of Visitors that oversees the U.S. Air Force School of Advanced Air and 
Space Studies, the Air Force Research Institute, the Air War College, 
the National Security Space Institute, and the Air Force Institute of 
Technology.
  Mr. Boies has also had a distinguished legal career with recognition 
from many including as one of the ``100 Most Influential People in the 
World'' by Time Magazine. Currently Chairman of Boies, Schiller & 
Flexner LLP, he previously served as Chief Counsel and Staff Director 
of the United States Senate Antitrust Subcommittee and held similar 
roles on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was Special Trial Counsel 
for the United States Department of Justice in its antitrust suit 
against Microsoft and lead counsel for Vice President Al Gore in 
litigation following the 2000 Presidential Election. Mr. Boies served 
as co-lead counsel for plaintiffs in Perry v. Brown, which established 
for the first time the federal constitutional right for gay and lesbian 
citizens to marry.
  Mr. Boies is a member of Phi Beta Kappa; a Fellow of the American 
College Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; 
and a Trustee of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York University Law 
School Foundation, and St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center.

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  Mr. Speaker, in addition to their truly remarkable careers in law, 
Mary and David Boies have also contributed their time, talents, and 
financially in service of others. I commend their outstanding work, and 
I urge my colleagues to join me in congratulating them on the Spirit of 
Caring Award.

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