[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 20346-20347]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         RECOGNIZING THE PHILANTHROPIST MRS. PAT SEAMANS WALKER

  (Mr. BOOZMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize one of Arkansas' 
most generous philanthropists, Mrs. Pat Seamans Walker.
  Next week, Pat will be presented with the prestigious Arkansas 
Children's Award. There is good reason Pat

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is receiving this honor. Since Pat and her late husband Willard founded 
the Willard and Pat Walker Foundation in 1986, she has made it her goal 
to improve the quality of life in communities across Arkansas.
  It is impossible to list all of the donations that the Walkers have 
made over the years in the short amount of time allotted to me. I 
would, however, like to give my colleagues a brief description of Pat's 
generosity.
  Over the years, her foundation has given millions to educational 
institutions in Arkansas, millions to health care research and 
community health care centers in Arkansas, and hundreds of thousands of 
dollars to community libraries in the Third District of Arkansas.
  Mr. Speaker, the examples that I have given are just a few of Pat 
Seamans Walker's gifts to Arkansas. Arkansas is extremely appreciative 
of her generosity. She certainly deserves this prestigious award, and I 
congratulate her on this honor.

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