[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13171]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              CELEBRATING 80TH BIRTHDAY OF DR. PAUL PAYNE

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                           HON. PHIL GINGREY

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 2, 2013

  Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 
80th birthday of Dr. Paul Payne, and thank him for his medical service 
to the community of Marietta, Georgia.
  Dr. Payne has led a most storied and purposeful life. In 1933, Dr. 
Payne was born in New York, before moving to China at the age of two 
and starting school in Korea. But with threats of war, he boarded the 
last boat back to America before China entered World War II in 1941. He 
settled in Atlanta, where he would finish high school at age 16, and 
finished his undergraduate degree at Maryville College in Tennessee in 
only three years before attending the Medical College of Georgia.
  After becoming an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Payne helped to found 
Marietta Orthopedics in 1964, which was renamed Pinnacle in 1997. 
Throughout his career, he has worked tirelessly and passionately to 
help the sick get back to full health. With a truly inspiring attitude, 
he maintains that the most gratifying part of his job is to fix people 
and watch them get well. Notably, he loves working with children, and 
said that ``when you love the work you do, then it is not considered 
work.''
  Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Payne performed the first total 
hip replacement in Cobb County, was named to the Wellstar Kennestone 
Hospital Board of Directors in 1984--where he remains today--received 
the NRCC Georgia Physician of the Year award in 2006, and received the 
2007 Congressional Order of Merit.
  But aside from his impressive professional life, he has remained one 
of the finest citizens and fathers that I know, and is a great 
community role model. He has instilled great values in his four 
wonderful children, and has remained an active Rotary Club member for 
several years.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the 11th District of Georgia, I would like 
to extend a very happy birthday to Dr. Payne, recognize him for his 
exceptional work in the medical field, and thank him for being a great 
role model for others in the community.

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