[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27880]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM McGUIRE

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                        HON. THOMAS M. REYNOLDS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 8, 2005

  Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to rise today to pay tribute 
to William McGuire, upon his retirement as head of Western New York's 
Kaleida Health.
  Mr. Speaker, when Bill McGuire arrived in Buffalo in 2002, morale 
among Kaleida's staff was at its nadir. The system had lost $125 
million in its first 5 years of existence, physicians were fleeing, and 
the community was in an uproar over a proposal that would have moved 
its Women and Children's Hospital.
  Just as doctors worked to heal Kaleida's patients, Bill McGuire's 
seemingly impossible mission was to heal the health system itself. And 
heal it he did.
  As Ted Walsh, Chairman of the Kaleida Board of Directors once 
remarked, ``Bill McGuire arrived at a critical moment in Kaleida's 
history and brought the organization from fiscal chaos to financial 
health and stability.''
  In addition to bringing stability to Kaleida Health, under Bill 
McGuire's leadership, the nationally-renowned Women and Children's 
Hospital remains open, providing vital health care services to the 
Western New York community.
  A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of 
Michigan, Bill McGuire previously served as President and CEO for 
Catholic Medical Centers of Brooklyn and Queens. He has held similar 
positions at a number of hospitals across the United States.
  Further, Bill McGuire has provided his time and leadership to such 
organizations as the Greater NY Hospital Association, the Hospital 
Association of New York State, the Western New York Healthcare 
Association, the Greater NY Healthcare Association, Buffalo Niagara 
Partnership, and the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
  Mr. Speaker, Bill McGuire once noted that ``people working together 
can make a real difference. They can influence the future, rather than 
being a victim of it.''
  Bill McGuire's leadership, commitment and service has influenced our 
future, the Western New York community is the better for it.

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