[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING CHRISTOPHER PATTI

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 14, 2017

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Christopher 
Patti, who served as the Chief Counsel for the University of 
California, Berkeley, and was a well-respected member of the East Bay 
community. Mr. Patti died as a result of a vehicle accident on August 
27th.
  Mr. Patti graduated from Dartmouth College in 1980, before receiving 
his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1983, where he also 
served as the editor of the Virginia Law Review.
  After graduation, he clerked for Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. of the 
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th District, and later embarked on a 
career in litigation at Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe in San 
Francisco.
  After a few years as a litigation attorney, Mr. Patti changed course 
and left private practice for public service. In 1990, he joined the 
University of California (UC) system, working as an attorney in the 
Office of the General Counsel for the UC Office of the President from 
1990 through 2010.
  In 2010, he moved from the Office of the President to serve as the 
Chief Campus Counsel at the University's flagship campus in Berkeley. 
Since his appointment to this position, he distinguished himself by 
guiding the campus through very challenging times, and developed a 
reputation among his peers as someone who ``represented the best of 
Berkeley''.
  Mr. Patti's commitment to public service and public education, and 
his career working to support the important mission that the University 
plays in the East Bay, and worldwide is certainly a testament to that 
fact.
  UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ recalled of Patti that he was 
``extraordinary . . . and he had a deep core of integrity that 
motivated everything that he did''.
  I am grateful for Christopher Patti's service to the UC system, and 
the Berkeley campus in particular, and to the people of California. As 
a proud UC Berkeley alumna, I am tremendously saddened by this 
significant loss to the campus community.
  Beyond his many professional accomplishments, Mr. Patti was a loving 
husband, and father who is survived by his wife, Jocelyn Larkin, and 
two sons, Vincent and Gabriel.
  Today, on behalf of California's 13th Congressional District, I 
salute the life and service of Mr. Christopher Patti. I offer my 
sincere condolences to his family and friends, and the entire UC 
Berkeley community who are joined in grief at this incredible, and 
unfortunate loss.

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