{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2006-12-08-pt1-PgE2134-2", "2006-12-08", 109, 2, null, null, "HONORING JACK FINNEY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E2134", "E2134", "[{\"name\": \"Ralph M. Hall\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "152 Cong. Rec. E2134", "Congressional Record, Volume 152 Issue 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2134]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                          HONORING JACK FINNEY\n\n                                 ______\n\n                           HON. RALPH M. HALL\n\n                                of texas\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                      Wednesday, December 6, 2006\n\n  Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor my friend Jack Finney.\nJack recently celebrated his 90th birthday by donating more than $1\nmillion to the Hunt Memorial Hospital District Charitable Health\nFoundation. Jack's generous donation will ultimately enhance the soon-\nto-be-built cancer center on the campus of Presbyterian Hospital of\nGreenville.\n  Jack has a long history of making generous gifts to the community,\nhaving donated land, money, and his time to a variety of institutions\nsuch as Texas A&M University at College Station, Audie Murphy/American\nCotton Museum, Greenville YMCA, Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Paris\nJunior College, Texas A&M University-Commerce, the Greenville schools\nand many others. Other institutions that have benefited from his\nleadership include the local Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, and Board of\nDeveIopment as well as Texas A&M Universtiy, the Texas Baptist\nFoundation, and the U.S. Small Business Administration.\n  Jack's efforts have led to multiple honors from Texas A&M, including\nhis selection as a Distinguished Alumnus and election to the Hall of\nHonor of the A&M Corps of Cadets. Jack has also been honored with\nGreenville's ``Worthy Citizen'' Award, for which he donated $50,000\nestablishing an endowment to maintain the annual award in perpetuity.\n  In appreciation of Jack's latest gift, the Hospital District's Board\nof Directors have decided to name the new cancer center the Lou and\nJack Finney Cancer Center in honor of Jack and his late wife, Lou House\nFinney. Lou and Jack were married for 68 years prior to her death in\n2005.\n  During the reception honoring Jack's gift, Mayor Tom Oliver of\nGreenville proclaimed August 15th ``Jack Finney Day'' in the City of\nGreenville.\n  It has been speculated that Jack's gift is the largest single gift\nthat an individual has ever made to a non-profit organization in Hunt\nCounty, and that certainly speaks volumes about Jack's generosity.\nHaving given his time, money, and energy to so many worthy causes it is\nnot surprising for Jack to have celebrated his 90th birthday with so\nlarge and charitable a gift. The community is fortunate indeed to have\nso generous a benefactor. Jack has spent his life serving and enriching\nthe community, and his latest gift only further reinforces this legacy.\n  Mr. Speaker, as we adjourn today, let us do so in appreciation of the\nbenevolence of this fine man and my friend--Jack Finney.\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-2006-12-08-pt1-PgE2134-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8955090306699276, "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"}