{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-1996-10-21-pt1-PgS12439", "1996-10-21", 104, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO THORTON STEARNS", "SENATE", "SENATE", "TRIBUTETO", "S12439", "S12439", "[{\"name\": \"John F. Kerry\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "142 Cong. Rec. S12439", "Congressional Record, Volume 142 Issue 143 (Monday, October 21, 1996)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 143 (Monday, October 21, 1996)]\n[Senate]\n[Page S12439]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                       TRIBUTE TO THORTON STEARNS\n\n Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I am pleased to offer\ncongratulations to Thorton Stearns, a graduate of the Massachusetts\nInstitute of Technology and longtime resident of Winchester, MA, who is\nthe first recipient of the Eugene Joseph McCarthy Philanthropist of the\nYear Award, presented by Winchester Hospital.\n  For more than 15 years, Mr. Stearns has generously supported the\nhospital's philanthropic efforts. He has embodied the spirit of\nphilanthropy of Mr. Eugene McCarthy. Mr. McCarthy was a quiet, private,\nbut generous man who upon his passing left Winchester Hospital and\nnumerous other charities a $1 million bequest.\n  Thorton Stearns, known affectionately to the staff of Winchester\nHospital as ``Thorny,'' has served the hospital as a corporator. He has\nacknowledged that his philanthropy has a component of self-interest,\nhaving said, ``I have used the hospital and I might need its services\nagain; therefore, it is important that I support the hospital\nfinancially.''\n  Now chairman of the Vacuum Barrier Corp., which he founded in 1958,\nThorton Stearns continues to be an active member of the Winchester\ncommunity. I am pleased to recognize his efforts on behalf of\nWinchester Hospital and wish to congratulate him on being chosen as the\nfirst recipient of its Philanthropist of the Year Award.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-1996-10-21-pt1-PgS12439"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6034090038156137, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}