[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 216 (Saturday, December 19, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO GEORGE McCLURE

 Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, today I have the honor of 
recognizing Mr. George McClure of Gallatin County for his decades of 
service to the Bozeman community, including his 25 years as a volunteer 
at Hospice of Bozeman Health.
  George spent his career as a professor of architecture at Montana 
State University. After many years of educating our State's next 
generation of architects, he retired in the mid-1900s. Yet his service 
to the community was not finished.
  Once he retired, he began volunteering at Hospice of Bozeman Health. 
For the last 25 years, George has shown up to volunteer every single 
Tuesday. His volunteer work focuses on administrative and paperwork 
jobs, allowing the nurses and other staff to be more focused on patient 
care. The staff say of George that ``he magically gets it done'' and 
that ``he is the wind beneath our wings.''
  Even the COVID-19 pandemic has not slowed George down. Despite the 
potential risk to his own health, he has continued to show up every 
Tuesday throughout the pandemic to do his volunteer work. His presence 
always gives the staff at Hospice of Bozeman Health a much needed 
morale boost as they deal with the grim reality of the pandemic and 
continue to care for patients.
  I thank George for his tireless service and his courage to carry on 
despite the hardship of the pandemic. He exemplifies what it means to 
put service before self.

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