[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 592]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            HONORING DR. GERALD E. HOWE UPON HIS RETIREMENT

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 2, 2000

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to recognize 
a true asset to the medical profession who has recently retired after 
three decades of change. Dr. Gerald E. Howe officially retired from 
active medical practice on December 31, 1999.
  Born in Deadwood, SD, Gerald undertook his undergraduate studies at 
the University of Colorado and the University of South Dakota, then 
medical school at Temple University in Philadelphia. Gerald and his 
family decided that they wanted to move from the crowed east coast and 
Vermont. Milder winters and nearby mountains lead them to Montelores, 
CO in 1969.
  Gerald has served in many medical staff leadership positions 
throughout his career. He has been chief of medical staff several times 
and served on the hospital board. He was on the hospital board which 
supported the development of Montezuma County Hospital District and was 
instrumental in the building of the Vista Grande Nursing Home facility 
at its present location.
  Gerald has always considered patient care to be the most important 
issue in the medical profession. With changes in policy and technology, 
Gerald still regards the patient as the "hallmark of medical care.''
  It is with this, Mr. Speaker, that I would like to offer tribute in 
honor of Dr. Gerald Howe's retirement and thank him for his years of 
hard work, dedication and service.

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