[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 23581]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING JOHN MARK LACOVARA

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, it is with sadness that I call to the 
attention of my colleagues the recent passing of one of our most loyal 
and hardworking former Senate staff members, John Mark Lacovara.
  Mark, as he was called by his family and friends, was part of a 
Capitol Hill family, joining both his father and sister in holding 
staff positions in the U.S. Senate. Mark began his Senate career in 
1969. He worked his way up the ranks in a number of jobs, starting 
first as an elevator operator, then as an enrolling clerk, and finally 
capping his career as the Senate journal clerk.
  Those of us who knew him admired his tireless and cheerful dedication 
to this body. Often he would be the last one to leave his office at 
night and the first to arrive in the morning, no matter how late the 
previous session had ended. He truly loved his job, but due to health 
reasons, he resigned in 1997.
  Mark was born in Washington. He grew up in Rockville and graduated 
from Richard Montgomery High School. Attending night school while 
maintaining his full-time Senate duties, he received a bachelor's, 
degree in political science with a minor in American history from the 
University of Maryland. He served as a member of the U.S. Air Force 
Reserve for many years.
  Mark Lacovara passed away on October 3, 2006. Mark was the son of the 
late John Lacovara, administrative assistant to the Senate Sergeant at 
Arms, and Mrs. Patricia Lacovara Ingold of Springfield. My colleagues 
join me in extending our deepest sympathy to her and Mark's sisters, 
Dale Monno, a retired lieutenant with the Capitol Police, and Joyce. He 
will be missed by all of his friends in the Senate.

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