[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14256]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRATULATING DR. IRVIN HAMLIN

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                        HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD

                                of maine

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 24, 2004

  Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Irvin Hamlin, 
M.D. of East Millinocket, Maine who is set to retire after practicing 
medicine for over 48 years in the Katahdin Region.
  After serving his country as a medic in World War II, Dr. Hamlin 
returned to the states and attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine 
and completed his medical training at the Tufts University Medical 
School. Upon graduation from medical school, Dr. Hamlin had a brief 
internship in Springfield, Ohio and then moved to East Millinocket in 
1955, where he has remained ever since.
  Dr. Hamlin has always exemplified the qualities of superior 
citizenship; his dedication to his patients and his community should 
serve as an example to others. Always one to bring a smile to his 
patient's faces, Dr. Hamlin's good humor and practical jokes are 
renowned throughout the region; but his compassion is his most 
outstanding quality. I have felt this part of his caring in my life 
when he attended to my own father.
  It is always with some lingering sadness that I pass along my best 
wishes for the retirement of an individual like Dr. Hamlin. Though his 
retirement is well deserved it also signifies that the Katahdin Region 
is losing one of its most valued and experienced physicians. While his 
presence as a physician will be sorely missed, the extra time to spend 
with his family and fishing in area lakes and streams is long overdue. 
I only ask that he leave some fish for the rest of us to catch.
  The Millinocket Regional Hospital for which he worked for so many 
years will honor Dr. Hamlin next Thursday, July 1, 2004. I am sure the 
people of the Katahdin region will turn out in droves to congratulate 
him and thank this wonderful man who has spent so many years serving 
them.
  After 48 outstanding years of dedicated service, it is my great 
pleasure to congratulate Dr. Hamlin and thank him for his tireless 
service.

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