[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 25385-25386]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          HONORING ANN FORKIN

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                         HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 27, 2000

  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, today I rise before you to congratulate Ann 
Forkin on her retirement after 22 years of service at the State 
University of New York at Stony Brook. Ann has been an invaluable asset 
to the Stony Brook community. In 1981, she was appointed as the first 
and to this point, the only Director of the Office of Conferences and 
Special Events.
  In her 18 years as Director, she managed and orchestrated over 20 
commencement ceremonies. On the day of the first commencement she 
planned, Mother Nature did

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not cooperate, and it rained. The following year, she devised plans for 
a ceremony in the sun, rain or drizzle. Ann made sure that no weather 
condition hindered this commencement ceremony or any ceremony 
thereafter.
  Ann will be truly missed by the faculty, staff and students of SUNY 
Stony Brook.

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