[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22805]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



        EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY OF MARY LOUISE QUIGG CALDWELL PLUMER

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                        HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 12, 2000

  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to recognize one of my 
constituents and very dear friends, Mary Louise Quigg Caldwell Plumer, 
of Miami, Florida, who will be celebrating her 80th birthday on October 
21, 2000.
  Mary was born October 21, 1920 in Live Oak, Florida. Her parents 
moved to Miami when she was 6 years of age, where she was educated and 
graduated from Ponce de Leon High School in 1938. She served as editor 
of the school newspaper and was awarded the Woman's Club Cup as the 
``Most Outstanding Girl.'' Mary continued her education at the Florida 
State College for Women (FSCW), becoming a member of the Sophomore 
Council, the Cotillion Club and the Pi Beta Phi Sorority. She graduated 
from FSCW in 1940 and transferred to the University of North Carolina 
in Chapel Hill, where she was awarded the Valkyrie Cup as the Most 
Outstanding Coed of the University, graduating in 1942.
  Moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 1942, she worked as the publicity 
director for radio station WSB. She returned to Miami and contributed 
to the War effort by working for the Red Cross as staff assistant to 
the Army Air Corps Redistribution Unit in Miami Beach, where she met 
her husband to be, Naval Lt. Commander Richard B. Plumer. He was 
graduated from Miami High School, Philips Exeter Academy and Princeton 
University (summa cum laude).
  Mary raised four children (Richard, Penny, Christopher and Patience) 
and became actively involved in many worthwhile community projects. 
Among her accomplishments, she brilliantly led a committee to build the 
All Faith Chapel at Jackson Memorial Hospital in 1973, five years after 
her daughter, Penny, died there. She has had articles published in The 
Miami Herald and Reader's Digest. She was awarded the M.O.M. Cup in 
2000 as the Most Outstanding Mother. She also earned a prestigious 
reference in Who's Who of American Women.
  Mary's gracious manner and warm spirit has won the hearts of the 
people of Miami. She is admired and respected for her compassion and 
generosity to anyone who is fortunate to meet her. It is my sincere 
pleasure and great honor to join Mary's family and friends in wishing 
her a wonderful celebration and many more happy and healthy birthdays.

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