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The mission of IHRSA is to grow, protect,
and promote the industry, and to provide its
members with benefits that will help them
On August 29, Edward M. Kennedy, the senior be more successful.
senator from Massachusetts, was laid to rest in
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Arlington National Cemetery. On September 14,
Publisher: Jay M. Ablondi
Managing Editor: Rebecca K. Maverick
his biography, True Compass, was published.
Editor: Jennifer H. McInerney
Associate Editor: Patricia Glynn
The man is gone. His lessons linger.
Editorial Intern: Mia Coen
Contributing Editors:
Dawn Allcot, Patricia Amend, Phoebe Anderson,
Jon Feld, Julie M. King, Catherine Larner,
In Washington, D.C., where he served in the Senate for 46 years,
Lesley Mahoney, Jean Suffin, Stephen Wallenfels,
Kennedy was known by many and admired by most. Here in
Kristen A. Walsh
Massachusetts, where he was born, he was more—he was family. Advertising,
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Good, bad, heroic, wanting, inspiring, disappointing… but family— Vice President of Advertising & Membership Sales:
always family.
Michele Eynon
And here in Massachusetts, there are few people, it seems, who
Senior Account Manager:
Jessica Gutstein
don’t have a personal Kennedy anecdote. This, then, is mine:
Advertising & Associate Membership Manager:
The date was June 24, 1994, and the occasion was the dedication
Christine Paterson
of a new wing of Jordan Hospital, a community medical facility in
Advertising Sales Executive:
Donna Garrity
Plymouth, the spot where the Pilgrims had first set foot 374 years
Business Development Publications:
before. A huge tent had been erected beside the new structure, Will Finn
and hundreds had come to sip wine, snack on canapés, chat, and
Publications & Associate Coordinator:
commemorate the opening of the hospital’s new ambulatory care
Meghan Burnham
and cancer centers.
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HM Studios, Boston, MA
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blades, and, shortly thereafter, Kennedy and his President & CEO: Joe Moore
new wife, Vickie, entered the tent. Chief Operating Officer: Anita Lawlor
As they took their seats on the stage, he smiled,
Executive Vice President of Public Policy:
nodded, but soon opened a notebook he’d brought
Helen Durkin
Executive Vice President of Global Products:
with him, and, flipping from page to page, began
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studying intently. Everyone rose for the benedic-
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tion, and then, remained standing for the playing of
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But then, after no more than a note, or two, or three had sounded,
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a single voice was heard: Kennedy, not uncertain at all, had begun
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to sing the nation’s song. And, within seconds, everyone beneath the
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tent had joined in enthusiastically.
Before he began to speak, Kennedy acknowledged, by name and
a friendly nod of the head, virtually every person who’d been
involved in the creation of the centers—the fundraisers, the admin-
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personally, for their efforts. And then he spoke, as he had so many
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Kennedy had come to this small modest gathering fully prepared.
postage paid at boston, Massachusetts, and
He’d studied until the last minute. He’d given honest credit to others.
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And, when the music had begun, he’d known exactly the right thing
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to do, and hadn’t hesitated, for an instant, to do so.
which is included in the dues. Additional subscrip-
And, seated in the crowd, I thought to myself, “Now I understand
tions $24.95 per year (usA) and $75 (international).
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