[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 18630]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     IN MEMORY OF JULIANNE HAMMOND

 Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, earlier this month, the Wilmington 
community lost Julianne Hammond--one of our most prominent lawyers and 
a good friend to my wife Jill.
  She was the 28th woman ever admitted to practice law in Delaware and 
worked for 30 years in real estate finance and land use law, changing 
the landscape of our city with many redevelopment efforts.
  Juli was a very outgoing, optimistic, happy person, who never let her 
illness get her down even as she battled breast cancer for 18 years. 
She literally worked until a week or so before she passed away, never 
talking about how sick she was.
  She also was a very caring person and wanted to help others in their 
battles with cancer. That is how we got to know Juli. In 1994, she 
became a founding board member of the Biden Breast Health Initiative to 
help educate young women on the importance of breast self-exam and 
early detection. She would assist Jill with special events and raising 
funds, doing everything and anything to help others.
  I don't know how she had the time and energy, but Juli also served as 
vice president of the board of the Wilmington Economic Development 
Corporation, a board member of the Land Use Committee for the Committee 
of 100, and secretary of the board of the Wellness Community of 
Delaware.
  Wilmington and New Castle County will not be the same without Juli. I 
know my colleagues join Jill and me in extending our deepest sympathies 
to her family.

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