[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10780]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       TRIBUTE TO IRENE AUBERLIN

 Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to the 
late Irene Auberlin, the ``Mother Teresa'' of Detroit.
  Mrs. Auberlin is the founder of World Medical Relief (WMR), an 
organization which, to date, has distributed more than $500 million 
worth of medical goods both in Detroit area, where she lived, and 
abroad.
  Mrs. Auberlin was a quiet home-maker until she saw a television 
program about orphans in Korea in 1953. She provided supplies to the 
nuns who ran the orphanage, thus beginning over 46 years of service to 
the poor. Since then, WMR has sent food, medical equipment, and 
supplies throughout the United States and to over 120 countries. In 
1966, WMR began a monthly prescription program that still exists today, 
providing medicine to elderly poor in the Detroit area.
  Mrs. Auberlin received over 60 awards and commendations, including 
The President's Volunteer Action Award and Silver Medal, presented to 
her by President Reagan.
  On behalf of the residents of Michigan, the United States, and 
elsewhere, I want to thank Irene for all that she did to help those in 
need.

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