[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21627]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE

 Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I welcome this opportunity to 
extend my warmest congratulations to Michael J. Donoghue on his 
retirement from the Worcester Regional Retirement System. I commend him 
for his impressive service to the people of Worcester for the past 30 
years, and I know he will be deeply missed by all those he helped and 
supported.
  Mike's impressive career extends well beyond his time at Worcester 
Regional Retirement System. He served two terms on the Worcester City 
Council before being elected Worcester County treasurer in 1978, and 
his outstanding experience and knowledge of the issues made him a 
valuable member of many charitable organizations in our city.
  Mike also has served on the board of directors of the Worcester 
Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Massachusetts Biomedical 
Initiatives, and he had an invaluable role over the years in 
establishing Worcester as a center for medical research.
  All of us in our State owe Mike our gratitude for his skillful 
efforts on behalf of the less fortunate. Over the years, he has given 
his skills and impressive leadership to the board of directors for the 
Visiting Nurses Association Network Foundation, the Worcester Area 
Mental Health Association, the Worcester Area United Way, and Special 
Olympics of Massachusetts.
  It has been an honor to call Mike a friend, and I am especially 
grateful for his decades of kindness to the Kennedy family. I have 
relied often on Mike over the years for his advice and wise counsel, 
and I commend him for his service and dedication. It is a special 
privilege to join his wife Maureen, their children and grandchildren in 
congratulating him for all he has achieved in his many years of 
outstanding service to our Commonwealth, and I wish him well in the 
years ahead.

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