[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6498]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO PETER LUTHER

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                         HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 27, 2006

  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and pay tribute to 
Peter Luther, one of the 15th district's most distinguished community 
and business leaders. Peter has dedicated the last six years of his 
life to creating a world without limits for people with diabetes both 
in California and all over the world.
  Peter joined LifeScan Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company headquartered 
in Milpitas, CA, in 2000 to oversee U.S. sales and marketing. Peter's 
responsibilities soon expanded to global sales and marketing, 
eventually leading to his current position as president of LifeScan. 
Peter's commitment to people with diabetes and their families has 
positioned LifeScan as the leading global diabetes management company 
that partners with patients and healthcare professionals around the 
world to offer innovation that improves the quality of life. Over 21 
million people in the U.S. alone have diabetes, and tens of millions 
more are at risk to develop this chronic condition in the near future. 
Peter has worked tirelessly to provide the most advanced, accurate, and 
clinically-based quality diabetes management products and services 
available today.
  Peter's professional accomplishments have consistently reflected the 
Johnson & Johnson credo that guides all company employees to put 
patients first. Peter recently developed an industry-patient advocacy 
partnership called the Diabetes Care Coalition that created the ``Know 
Your A1C'' campaign. The media campaign carries the message of 
awareness about sound diabetes management and tight glycemic control to 
people with diabetes through public media outlets. The American 
Diabetes Association named Peter ``Father of the Year 2004'' and 
inducted him into their honorary Pinnacle Society.
  However, of all the professional accolades Peter has received during 
his impressive career, I believe he is most proud of his devotion to 
his family as a committed husband and father. While Peter's wife Dina 
and their three children remain his nonnegotiable priority, he has been 
able to surpass business goals and at the same time strike a workfamily 
balance with humility, grace, and strength.
  Mr. Speaker, I wish Peter well in his personal and professional 
endeavors as he departs LifeScan and California for a major corporate 
promotion that will relocate him and his family to New Jersey, and I 
thank him for his exceptional service to our community.

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