[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 29650-29651]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    TRIBUTE TO KATHERINE A. McMILLAN

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 10, 1999

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a great Californian and 
friend, Katherine A. McMillan, on the occasion of her 75th birthday.
  The daughter of Irish immigrants Margaret and John Trumble, Katherine 
McMillan was born on November 17, 1924, in Worcester, MA, the youngest 
of nine children. Her five brothers are Thomas, William, James, Joseph, 
Francis, and her three sisters are Margaret, Mary, and Anne.
  Katherine McMillan matriculated from St. Vincent Academy in Worcester 
and she went on to serve in the Navy as a nurse. She gave 37 years of 
nursing at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, CA, spending the majority 
of her time in the fast pace and demanding Emergency Room where she 
helped to establish their quality long-term care Extended Care 
Facility.
  Upon her retirement from nursing, Katherine McMillan founded the 
first latchkey day care program in the San Francisco Archdiocese at St. 
Pius Catholic Church in Redwood City where she provided quality child 
care for school aged children. The children had the rare opportunity to 
learn both Katherine McMillan's unique perspective on life gleaned from 
a lifetime of experience and her distinctive regional vernacular, a 
legacy from her Irish parents.
  In 1990, Katherine McMillan was the first woman to be awarded the In 
Via Award from Serra High School, San Mateo, CA, for her significant 
contributions to and support of the Serra High School community. This 
singular honor made her the first and only ``woman'' alumnist from the 
all-male school. Katherine McMillan continues to spend time 
volunteering at the Serra High School Library, attending and leading 
rowdy school functions at the ``Jungle'' and was elected in 1998 by the 
student body as their Homecoming Queen.
  Katherine McMillan spends her free time crocheting blankets with a 
group of dedicated, giving hands at the Redwood City Senior Center for 
Sheryl Parker's Pre-to-Three Program so all new babies born in San 
Mateo County have a blanket handmade by dedicated ``volunteer 
grandmothers.'' She was appointed by

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the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to serve on the San Mateo 
County Health Plan Board where she works to ensure healthcare services 
for all those without insurance coverage.
  Katherine McMillan has three loving, grown children . . . her two 
daughters Katherine and Mary; and her son, Robert, who is married to 
Julie and have given her two beautiful grandchildren, Sean McMillan, 6 
years old, and Kenny ``B'' McMillian, 4 years old.
  Katherine McMillan is especially proud of rearing her three children 
as a single working mother all of whom went on to college and are now 
productive members of our community. She is exceedingly proud of her 
two grandsons who carry the legacy of her extraordinary spirit into a 
third generation of McMillan's.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Katherine 
McMillan, a great and good woman, for her countless contributions to 
our community and our country and congratulate her on the attainment of 
her 75th birthday. We are indeed a better country and a better people 
because of this woman.

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