[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 29, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H3975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING DR. HAFEEZ MALIK AND DR. LYNDA MALIK

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
January 3, 2019, the Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Fitzpatrick) for 30 minutes.
  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Madam Speaker, I rise in tribute to a man whose life 
not only stands as a testament to his own achievements but also as an 
illustration of the greatness of the United States of America and as an 
embodiment of the American Dream.
  Dr. Hafeez Malik, whose son Dean Malik has resided in Bucks County 
with his family for almost 20 years, passed away on April 20, 2020, at 
the age of 90 years old.
  Dr. Malik was a professor at Villanova University for over 50 years, 
teaching undergraduate and graduate-level courses in political science, 
international relations, American history, and American government.
  Dr. Malik was a world-renowned scholar who dedicated much of his life 
to strengthening the relationship between Pakistan, the country from 
which he emigrated, and the United States.
  Dr. Malik provided lectures to American diplomats and senior military 
officers on multiple occasions at the U.S. State Department, while also 
forming the Pakistani American Congress in the 1990s.
  Dr. Malik's scholarship has become an invaluable contribution, 
enabling the United States to understand the nuances of diplomacy 
throughout the Muslim world and has guided American foreign policy for 
nearly half a century.
  Madam Speaker, Dr. Malik's success and acclaim would not have been 
possible without the love and support of the love of his life, his wife 
of 64 years, fellow Villanova professor Dr. Lynda Malik.
  Hafeez and Lynda met as students at Syracuse University in the early 
1950s. They got married in 1956.
  These two amazing people embarked upon an amazing, productive, and 
renowned public partnership grounded in the bonds of everlasting 
marriage, ending only with Hafeez's recent death.
  Throughout the Villanova University community, in the international 
world of academia, as well as in their social circles in southeastern 
Pennsylvania, where I represent, and elsewhere in the United States and 
in their home country of Pakistan, Hafeez and Lynda were known as a 
married power couple.
  Throughout the years, they shared in each other's successes as well 
as each other's hardships and served as productive, upstanding members 
of our community.
  Hafeez and Lynda were also proud, patriotic Americans. Their son 
Dean, who is a friend of mine, is a former Marine officer, a former 
criminal prosecutor, a practicing attorney, and a proud Iraq war 
veteran.
  Madam Speaker, in death, Dr. Malik leaves behind his lifelong spouse 
and partner, who is suffering from dementia, and a disabled older son. 
Nevertheless, it is a comfort to all who know them that the success 
earned by this couple throughout their lifetime shall go to support 
these family members now in their time of vulnerability and their time 
of need, and that their son is to carry on Hafeez's legacy of public 
service in this life.
  Madam Speaker, I rise in tribute to a man and his wife whose life not 
only stands as a testament to his own achievements but also as an 
illustration of the greatness of the United States of America and as an 
embodiment of the American Dream itself.
  Madam Speaker, let us honor not only the life of Hafeez Malik and his 
wife, Lynda, but also his lifelong partnership with his wife, Lynda; 
their amazing family; all they have done for the community of 
Pennsylvania; all they have done for Villanova University as a couple; 
and all they have done for the United States of America as a couple.
  They are a great family. They were a very, very special couple, and I 
wanted to honor them on the floor of the House of Representatives 
tonight.
  Madam Speaker, I ask to have this speech and the life of Hafeez and 
his wife, Lynda, permanently entered into the Congressional Record.
  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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