[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19730]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  A TRIBUTE TO SHIRLEY GREGORY-JOHNSON

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                          HON. ROBERT A. BRADY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 8, 2015

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor my dear 
friend and colleague, Shirley Gregory-Johnson. Shirley has served the 
people of Philadelphia since her early years. She was active in her 
Germantown neighborhood in her youth. Subsequently, the people of Logan 
were lucky enough to have her move into their community and to continue 
her public service.
  Shirley has been a dynamic leader of that community for over thirty 
years. In 1986, 950 homes in the Logan Triangle were found to be 
sinking, leaving families homeless and without a future. Shirley led 
the efforts to rescue affected families, participating in the creation 
and operations of the nonprofit Logan Assistance Corporation to help 
relocate Logan residents. She extended her efforts to help her 
neighbors and constituents by serving on boards such as Albert Einstein 
Hospital and Bebashi, one of the nation's HIV/AIDS organizations which 
serves low-income people of color with HIV disease.
  Mr. Speaker, Ms. Gregory-Johnson also has a distinguished record of 
service to this House. She worked in the office of my predecessor, Hon. 
Tom Foglietta for fifteen years. She was one of my first hires, when I 
persuaded her to join my staff as District Director in 1998. She 
retired from the House in January of this year, but continues her 
public service in various volunteer and political positions.
  Shirley will be celebrating her 80th birthday on December 13. 
Dignitaries and residents of Philadelphia will come together to honor 
that milestone and the life of this dynamic leader. I ask that all of 
my colleagues in the House join me in honoring her today.
  This is an honor she richly deserves.

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