[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13344]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      CONGRATULATIONS BIRDIE SACHS

 Mrs. McCASKILL. Mr. President, today I wish to lead the Senate 
in congratulating Mrs. Birdie Elise Davidson on reaching her 100th 
birthday on September 7 of this year.
  Birdie Elise Davidson was born in Muskogee, OK, to Essie and Max 
Davidson and grew up with three brothers. Birdie moved to St. Louis 
when she married Mr. Louis Sachs and has three children, seven 
grandchildren, and six great granddaughters. Her daughter, Marjorie, is 
married to Mr. Louis Susman, the U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. 
James in the United Kingdom. Her daughter, Nancy Wall, lives in 
Highland Park, IL. Her son Louis Sachs, Jr., lives in San Diego, CA.
  After retiring with her husband to Key Biscayne, FL, Birdie earned 
recognition for her philanthropic activities. She is best known for her 
work for the American Cancer Society.
  The social and technological developments that Birdie has witnessed 
in her lifetime are truly incredible. She has lived through two world 
wars, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, and the Great Depression. 
She has experienced the birth of the Internet, humanity's journey into 
space, and the eradication of polio and smallpox. Birdie was born 
before women had the right to vote, but ninety-six years later, she 
supported President Obama's 2008 Presidential campaign. Upon meeting 
then-candidate Obama, she told him: ``Young man, I have been alive 
through 17 Presidents and I am counting on you being the 18th--don't 
disappoint me!'' She urged President Obama to set new records and to 
challenge conventional wisdom because she knows the scope and speed of 
change possible in American life as few others do.
  Today, I join with my colleagues in the Senate in congratulating 
Birdie Sachs and her family on this amazing occasion, and wishing her 
good health and happiness.

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