[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20979]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       TRIBUTE TO JAMES C. LESTER

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                       HON. STEVEN T. KUYKENDALL

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 8, 1999

  Mr. KUYKENDALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor James C. Lester, a 
pioneer in the health care industry in my district. For the last 32 
years, Jim Lester has dedicated himself to providing quality care to 
the residents of the South Bay. For 27 of those years Jim has been 
closely associated with the Little Company of Mary Hospital 
organization.
  Jim joined the Little Company of Mary Hospital in 1967. Now, as Jim 
Lester retires as president and CEO of the Little Company of Mary 
Health Services, he leaves a first class integrated health care 
delivery system. What was once a stand-alone facility is now three 
hospitals, three skilled nursing facilities, three diagnostic centers, 
four walk-in urgent care centers, a large regional home care service, a 
chemical dependency recovery center, multiple physician sites, a mobile 
pediatric care van and three fundraising foundations. It was Jim who 
had the vision and initiative to make the Little Company of Mary Health 
Services the organization that it is today.
  Because of Jim Lester, the Little Company of Mary Health Services is 
poised to enter the 21st century as a leading member of the health care 
industry. I commend Jim Lester for his loyalty and dedication to 
providing such outstanding health care to the residents of the greater 
South Bay. We are grateful for his contributions to the community.

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