[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 806]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING JOHN TOUPS' CONTRIBUTION TO HEALTH CARE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

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                           HON. FRANK R. WOLF

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 27, 2010

  Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize John Toups' 
contribution to health care in northern Virginia. He has recently 
stepped down after more than 20 years of service on the Board of 
Trustees at Inova Health System in Fairfax County, Virginia.
  In 1986, John began his service as a trustee on the board of the 
Fairfax Hospital Association, which is now known as the Inova Health 
System Board of Trustees. He served as vice-chairman from 1999-2003, 
and then as chairman from 2004-2007. For the past two years, John 
served on the board as past chairman.
  During his voluntary tenure on the Inova board, John led Inova 
through a merger with Alexandria Hospital in 1997 and then with Loudoun 
Hospital in 2005. He has helped to establish funding for other health 
care initiatives to benefit patients and their families, and has long 
supported Inova's philanthropic priorities, including the Life with 
Cancer program.
  Along with his work on the Board of Trustees for Inova, John found 
the time to serve as president of various community organizations, 
including the Northern Virginia Community Foundation, the George Mason 
University Foundation, and the Northern Virginia Roundtable.
  In his professional life, John founded a civil engineering firm which 
later merged with the Planning Research Corporation. He retired as 
president and CEO of PRC in 1987.
  I ask that my colleagues join me in recognizing John Toups and his 
significant contribution to the Inova Health System, the Commonwealth 
of Virginia, and the entire northern Virginia community.

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