[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 2314-2315]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  IN RECOGNITION OF DAN HENRY'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF DENTISTRY

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                            HON. JEFF MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 2, 2010

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. 
Dan Henry, a Northwest Florida community leader. Dr. Henry has spent 
his life serving others, and I am proud to honor his dedication, 
passion, and service.
   Adopted at the age of seven by Sam and Helen Henry, Dan was raised 
in Crestview, Florida. He met his wife, Melinda, as an undergraduate at 
Florida State, and then went on to earn his Doctor of Dental Surgery 
degree from the University of Maryland in 1975. His family moved to the 
Pensacola area in 1977 and have remained an active part of our 
community ever since. Dan has received countless awards for his work as 
a dentist, and served as President of the Florida Dental Association in 
2006 and 2007.
   While Dr. Henry's list of honors, awards, and achievements are 
impressive by any standard, his most important work happens while 
serving the underprivileged. For 23 years, Dr. Henry has led dental 
missions overseas in association with the Methodist Church. In 
founding, inspiring, and orchestrating these missions, Dr. Henry has 
faced daunting challenges. Many of the areas in which he performed 
missions are without electricity or basic necessities needed for dental 
hygiene. Dr. Henry created portable equipment and invented power 
systems that allow the dental teams to set up clinics overseas. The 
missions are able to provide dental care to some of the poorest areas 
of the world because of Dr.

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Henry's dedication and service. He has inspired a generation of 
volunteers to participate in similar overseas missions.
   In addition to yearly missions overseas, Dr. Henry never forgets 
those in need throughout our local community. Dr. Henry leads a Dental 
Fair at Chumuckla United Methodist Church, providing free dental care 
for children, youth, and adults of the surrounding area. Hundreds of 
people are able to receive proper dental care because of the Healing 
Springs Dental Fair. Dr. Henry and the countless other volunteer 
dentists, dental assistants, and hygienists who give their time and 
their services deserve special recognition for all they do to ensure 
any member of our community can receive proper dental care.
   Madam Speaker, on behalf of the United States Congress, I am 
privileged to recognize Dr. Dan Henry as a Northwest Florida leader and 
international inspiration. My wife Vicki and I wish Dan, his wife 
Melinda, and his children Matthew and Kelly, all the best for continued 
success.

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