[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3980]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  TRIBUTE TO DANIEL GANZ AND BEVERLEE KAUFMAN FOR THEIR 50TH WEDDING 
                              ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. STEVE R. ROTHMAN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 9, 1999

  Mr. ROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Daniel M. 
Ganz and Beverlee Kaufman, who will be celebrating the 50th anniversary 
of their wedding on March 27, 1999. It is fitting that they are 
celebrating this anniversary with their two children (David and Sandy), 
their friends, and the rest of their family.
  For many years, Beverlee and Danny Ganz lived in Rockville Centre, 
Long Island, where they raised their family and were active in 
community affairs. Dan, in particular, was very involved with the 
Recreation Department as a volunteer working with both table-tennis and 
court-tennis.
  They sent their children to the Rockville Centre public school 
system. David then went off to Georgetown University, in Washington, 
D.C., and Sandy to Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
  David became a lawyer, practicing in New York City and New Jersey, 
later served as the volunteer president of the American Numismatic 
Association, and currently presides as the Mayor of Fair Lawn, New 
Jersey. He has just written his 14th book-length work.
  Sandy went on to earn a Masters degree in physical therapy, and to 
find employment as the Associate Director of Physical Therapy at the 
Manhattan Hospital for Special Therapy. She then became director for 
the Amsterdam Nursing Home division, and has authored several works on 
physical therapy treatments.
  I met Dan and Bev at David's inauguration as Mayor this past January 
1st, and I am glad to know such a devoted couple, who are also two 
remarkable individuals.
  It is rare today that any couple can spend a half century in wedded 
bliss, but they are two people who have managed it. Dan turns 80 this 
October and Bev will be 75 in just a few weeks, but they are both still 
active in their new home in Boca Raton, Florida, playing tennis, golf, 
and exploring the Internet.
  Recently, Dan, who is a World War II veteran with 26 missions in the 
Triangle ``A'' squadron in England, used the Internet to reunite with 
his Captain and navigator, whom he had not seen in 54 years. Last year, 
he met up with the remainder of his crew. Some of his combat photos, 
including the Bridge of the Remagen, were included in the wartime 
exhibit shown at the National Archives in Washington.
  He has not stopped giving to his community. In Boca Raton, he has 
been performing magic--which he has done professionally for nearly 70 
years--at hospitals for youngsters with terminal diseases such as AIDS, 
and for seniors. Bev is now frequently his assistant at these events.
  They have three grandchildren (Scott, Elyse, and Pam), daughter-in-
law Kathy, and a host of friends and relatives who are joining them and 
their children in celebration of their first 50 years of marriage. I 
wish them well and congratulate them on this wonderful achievement.

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