[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1766]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO HONOR RAYMOND LAWRENCE SULLIVAN, JR., M.D. ON THE OCCASION 
                           OF HIS RETIREMENT

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 2, 2017

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, Raymond Lawrence Sullivan, Jr., was born in 
San Francisco on October 4, 1942. He was the second of six children and 
grew up in San Francisco and Hillsborough. He has three living 
siblings, Phillip Sullivan, Mary Sullivan Ward and Mother Agnes of the 
Cross, CJM.
   Larry was educated at St. Catherine's Grammar School in Burlingame, 
Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose, the University of San Francisco, 
and the UCSF Medical School. He did his residency in Anesthesiology at 
Stanford, and served our country in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps from 
1968 to 1970.
   Larry married Victoria Growney on August 13, 1966. Together they 
have raised three magnificent children: Larry Sullivan III; Kasey 
Sullivan Bradstreet, JD; Loretta Sullivan Chang, MD; Brian Sullivan; 
and Jason Lally, their foster child who is part of their extended 
family. Their four grandchildren, Liam, Andrew and Thomas Chang, and 
Oscar Bradstreet bring them untold joy.
   Dr. Sullivan joined the medical staff of O'Connor Hospital as an 
anesthesiologist in 1975 and has served there until his retirement. 
From 1982 to 1988 he served as Clinical Assistant Professor of 
Anesthesia at Stanford University School of Medicine. At O'Connor 
Hospital he was Anesthesia Department Chair, a member of the Critical 
Care Committee, President of the Medical Staff, Member of the 
Hospital's Board of Directors, and Chair of the Medical Staff Advisory 
Committee. He was honored in 2011 with the Vincentian Spirit Award 
given by O'Connor Hospital.
   Dr. Sullivan has given generously of his time and talents to his 
professional community as a member of the Santa Clara County Medical 
Association, the American Medical Association, The California Society 
of Anesthesiologists, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) 
and the California Medical Association. From 1997 to 2006 he served on 
a Specialty Delegation to the CMA House of Delegates and received the 
Distinguished Service Award from the CSA in 2009.
   Larry served as a referee and coach of the American Youth Soccer 
Association in Palo Alto, and was Scoutmaster of Troop 57, Stanford 
Area Council, where he guided 35 Scouts to Eagle Scout rank.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring an 
extraordinary physician, a devoted son, husband, father, grandfather, 
vital member of our community, and a treasured personal friend. Larry 
Sullivan is a man of integrity and he lives a life instructed by his 
faith. I have never met a finer human being or a finer family. How 
proud I am to call them my friends and to have the privilege of 
representing them. I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me 
in wishing my dear friend Larry, a great and good man, and his devoted 
wife Vicky, every blessing that retirement has to offer.

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