Floor Statements

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the motion to instruct conferees on the PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization bill.

This Motion to Instruct would take the most contentious provisions of this bill and sunset them in 4 years. These provisions include section 215, which allows officials to order the surrender of anything when relevant to a terror investigation, section 206 which allows secret wiretap orders without definition of who and where the tap will go, and the ``Lone Wolf'' provision which allows the government to surveil so called ``agents of a foreign power'' who act alone.

Egregious law that robs the civil liberties of law abiding Americans should be reviewed sooner than later, therefore I strongly support these sunset provisions proposed in this motion to instruct.

My constituents agree that the American people should not have to compromise their civil liberties in order to combat extremism. The local governments of Pacific Grove, Salinas, Santa Cruz, and Watsonville, CA have all passed resolutions expressing their concerns with the anti-privacy and anti-liberty nature of the PATRIOT Act.

I also would like to note my disappointment that the fiscal year 2006 State-Science-Justice-Commerce Appropriations bill included one of the most invasive provisions of the PATRIOT Act that permits sweeping searches and seizures of library and bookstore patron records, despite this body's condemnation of the provision earlier this year.

Voices in the Congress echo voices of people across America.

I urge a ``yea'' vote on the motion to instruct.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me time.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Kolbe and Ranking Member Lowey for increasing the amount of money that has been put into the alternative development program in Colombia. It is a program that gets people away from growing coca into growing alternative crops. And I stand in support of the rule on this bill.

I am a returned Peace Corps volunteer from Colombia and very much interested in building the capacity of local people to handle their own issues. If there is anything that we have learned from the Iraq war, it is the necessity to build local capacity for host country nationals to be able to run their own government and their own programs.

And if you have a lot of people that are displaced, meaning they have no place to live, no jobs, no schools, no infrastructure to support them, you have a lot of problems. So what you need to do is provide abilities for them to have, in the rural areas, good economic opportunity. You do that by providing a base of what we call alternative development of programs that will keep them economically viable and thus not pressured into growing illicit crops and things like that.

The committee in the House marked this with good money. The Senate raised it. And the conference committee brought it a little bit down, $5.5 million over last year's level. I really want to commend the committee for doing that.

I think, frankly, that we need to, as a Congress, really address how much money gets to these countries, rather than just gets to K Street and lobbyists that are doing reports and doing studies of countries, rather than really helping the money get down to the people. And this is one program that focuses on local issues and NGOs, nongovernmental organizations, rather than multimillion dollar contracts for U.S. contractors.

Building capacities is absolutely essential to survivability of a country. Now, one concern I have is that the report contains $20 million for demobilization activities from an unspecified account. I think it is great that we are helping with the demobilization of the paramilitaries and the FARC and other kinds of insurgents, terrorists in a sense; but I want to make sure that that demobilization money is not taken from the alternative crop money.

I would appreciate if the chairman in his remarks could, perhaps for the record, respond to what conditions have been put on that demobilization money when they decide what account to take it from.

Again, I want to thank the chairman and ranking member, and I really appreciate their efforts to look for how to make a saner and smarter world to live in, rather than just sticking to the old adage that we are going to give money to K Street and let them decide what are the priorities abroad.

Anything we can do to build the capacities of local countries to sustain themselves will make this world a much safer and saner place to live.

Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that the Fiscal Year 2006 Foreign Operations Conference Report includes over $131 million for alternative development and institution building in Colombia. These funds will help foster both economic and social development and create more stability in Colombia.

A key element to fostering a secure Colombia is creating growth and stability in the neglected rural areas. The government of Colombia must develop and implement a comprehensive rural development policy. I would like to thank the Chairman and Ranking Member for the language in the House report that calls on USAID to report to Congress about the concrete steps the Colombian government is taking to develop a rural development strategy. This report will provide a blueprint for what the Colombian government must promote development in rural areas--and how future U.S. assistance should complement those goals.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the legendary Rosa Parks, who passed away last week. I had the great honor of meeting Rosa Parks several times throughout her life. The first time was in the late seventies when she was a guest speaker at Monterey Peninsula College in my district. I was also on hand when she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999.

Each time I saw Rosa Parks, I was again impressed that a woman of such slight stature started such a large scale movement for civil justice. Rosa Parks' decision not to give up her bus seat to a white man during the time of segregation was a courageous act, simple and without violence. Rosa Parks did not yell, swear or wave her hands around dramatically to get the Nation's attention. In fact, she did not even move. Today, the consequences of her choice can be seen throughout our society. I continue to believe that a more just society will not be achieved by water hoses, tear gas, night sticks and hostility, but through peaceful means including compromise and fairness.

Fifty years later, Rosa Parks' actions don't seem radical or risky, but when you are the first one to take a stand, it is lonely. Indeed, Rosa Parks' death has given us the opportunity not just to remember her life and her actions, but also to remember the actions all of those who have stood up in the face of injustice.

My mother was one of these people, like Rosa Parks. Though she died when I was a young adult, my father often told me of a bus ride my mother took in New Orleans in the mid 40s. My sister and I were young children at the time, and we all used the bus system to get around the city. Buses in New Orleans were segregated at that time, but during one ride my mother decided to seat us in the ``colored'' section, although there was room in the ``white'' section of the bus. When the bus driver saw what my mother had done, he told her that she and her children had to move to the

white section. My mother refused, so the driver told her to get off the bus. Rather than change our seats, she shepherded my sister and me off the bus.

I had a chance to share this story with Rosa Parks when I finally met her and she enjoyed hearing about my mother's actions. Though my family did not live in a segregated state, both my parents realized they still had a duty to combat prejudice.

As a member of Congress, I have been honored to visit the heartland of the civil rights movement with fellow colleague and civil rights champion, Representative John Lewis. During a trip with the Faith and Politics Institute, we visited the Voting Rights Museum in Birmingham, AL, the Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery, AL, and reenacted the march across the Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL. I cannot fully express how much I gained from visiting these sites with some of the original participants in the civil rights movement. Hearing about the pain and suffering they endured throughout those times was tempered by the joy we felt in our mutual support for a just cause.

I was honored to join my colleagues by attending Rosa Parks' memorial service and supporting the unprecedented resolution that allowed her body to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. Rosa Parks is one person who made a difference and whose actions will forever call on all of us to stand up--or remain seated--for civil justice.

Mr. Chairman, I have mixed emotions about this bill, but I see it as an environmental bill. This is a great bill. This stops growth, particularly the section of the sense of Congress on the use of eminent domain funds to take farmland or other real property for economic development. It just says you cannot do that.

But what really bothers me in this bill is the fact that the terms of Federal economic development means any Federal funds distributed to or through States or political subdivision of the States under Federal laws designed to improve or increase the size of economies of the State or political subdivisions.

As I look at it, those laws mean all the BRAC money that comes to reuse of military bases. It means transportation monies. It means sewer and water monies. It essentially is a no-growth bill. For those on the environmental side this is good. For those who want to see some economic development, we need this amendment.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the city of Marina on the 30th anniversary of its incorporation. Marina is a young city, particularly in contrast to its neighbor Monterey, founded in 1772. But young, in the case of Marina, is just another word for dynamic.

Marina is located on the shore of Monterey Bay near the mouth of the Salinas River. The area known today as Marina was once owned by David Jacks and James Bardin, who in the mid 1800s owned much of the acreage that now constitutes the Monterey Peninsula. In the early 1900s the area was designated as ``Bardin,'' then ``Locke-Paddon Colonies,'' then ``Paddonville.'' It was at about this time that Southern Pacific Railroad, who had laid tracks through the area, was convinced by the then owner, William Locke-Paddon, to make a flag stop for his customers coming from San Francisco. Locke-Paddon, 1876-1972, is considered the father of Marina, and some of his relatives still live in the region. He renamed the area Marina to boost its attraction as a stop.

As the land was developed, areas were set aside for a school, church and other necessities of an organized city. Marina's first post office was established in April 1919. As with the rest of the Monterey Peninsula, Marina witnessed a tremendous amount of growth and development during the 1950s and 60s--schools, churches, businesses, our community center and residential homes. The area has changed from a quiet rural area into a busy prosperous community. In 1956, the Marina Fire District was formed and Reservation Road began to develop as a commercial area. All through that time Marina served as a gateway to the very active U.S. Army base at Fort Ord.

Marina incorporated as a city in November 1975. At that time I had the pleasure of serving as a Monterey County Supervisor and chaired the County's Local Area Formation Committee, LAFCO, that oversaw the creation of new jurisdictions. I remember Marina civic booster Frank Vineyard coming before the commission in 1975 to argue the case for Marina's creation as a stand alone city. I am proud to have been able to cast a vote as LAFCO chair to form the city of Marina. Frank went on to serve as Marina's first mayor.

Marina has grown over the years and is now taking a leading role in the redevelopment of the former Fort Ord. It is also redeveloping its downtown and has a bright future as not only the gateway to the Monterey Peninsula, but as a destination unto itself. Mr. Speaker, Marina deserves the congratulations of this House for its success to date and best wishes for a future that will surely see the city continue to serve the needs of its diverse residents.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a former Boy Scout to honor Kenneth W. Allen II, as he retires from 31 years as a professional with the Boy Scouts of America.

Ken served the Scouting effort in six Scout councils throughout California, including San

Francisco Bay Area Council, Forty-Niner Council, Santa Clara County Council, Orange County Council, and Great Western Council. For the last four years he led the Monterey Bay Area Council as the Scout Executive, serving Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties. I have had the particular pleasure of working with Ken on enhancing and preserving the Pico Blanco Boy Scout Camp in Big Sur that I enjoyed in my youth.

Under his leadership the Boy Scouts of America was enriched with growth in the organization and its outreach to boys. Some of his accomplishments include leading the San Francisco Bay Area Council to expand membership in youth outreach programs by 37.5 percent, and the annual youth membership there increased by 41 percent, more than any other council in the United States. He wrote the original national Scouting curriculum for In-School Scouting, developed and implemented the first In-School Scouting program for Latino youth in Orange County and East San Jose, and prepared public relations strategies for the Boy Scouts of America both at the local level and the national level.

Mr. Speaker, Ken Allen's career has been one of exemplary service to every community he lived in, and even more to the greater community of Scouting. His innovative programs and achievements are an inspiration to all who build our youth and strive to make the world a better place.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time.

Mr. Speaker, it is the best of times and the worst of times, today particularly. On this bill and on this rule, I want to first thank Chairman Bonilla

of the Appropriations Committee and the staff, particularly Martin, Maureen, Leslie, Tom, and Jamie, for doing an admirable job; and they did it with the allocation figure they were given.

I also want to congratulate ranking member Rosa DeLauro for completing her first cycle as ranking. I thank her for her hard work on the food safety and FDA issues. I also want to thank Martha Foley on our side. She is always ready with an answer anytime one asks.

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the efforts of Chairman Bonilla in crafting this bill, which is an improvement over the President's budget request. I particularly want to thank the chairman for working with me to find $7 million for the Specialty Crop Block Grant program in full committee and maintaining that funding in the conference report that we have before us today.

Investing in our specialty crop agriculture is imperative, and this certainly will be a happy day for the industry and all those who produce our Nation's fruits, vegetables, and nuts. I look forward to working together to provide innovative and effective assistance to make the specialty crop industry more competitive in the future; and, I might add, this is the industry that does not receive subsidies or help from the government.

Because of the work of this committee, my growers will now have help with pests such as vine mealy bug and diseases such as verticillium wilt, and we will continue a voluntary water quality study for the entire Monterey Bay watershed.

But as with any legislation this lengthy, it cannot all be good. I am very disappointed with, and strongly oppose, section 797 which was added as a ``legislative fix'' to an Organic Foods Production Act in response to a ruling by the courts in Harvey v. Johanns after the conference committee had adjourned, subject to call of the Chair. There was no public disclosure. This was all done behind closed doors.

These changes will not return us to the status quo prior to the lawsuit. Rather, this legislative fix will weaken both law and existing regulatory standards and restrict the authority of the National Organic Standards Board.

For example, numerous synthetic food additives and processing aids, including over 500 food contact substances, can be used in organic foods without public review. Young dairy cows can continue to be treated with antibiotics and fed genetically engineered feed prior to being converted to organic production. Loopholes under which nonorganic ingredients could be substituted for organic ingredients can occur without any notification to the public based on emergency decrees.

If the history of OFPA has taught us anything, it is that changes should be done following an inclusive and transparent process that unites, rather than divides, the organic community. At the very least, the process should have given all stakeholders a fair chance to vet the proposed changes and their likely consequences.

Consumers are willing to pay more for organic food because organic offers the most authentic of natural food. Consumers expect that food carrying the organic label will be natural and should not contain synthetic ingredients.

In a March 2005 nationwide survey, 85 percent of the respondents did not expect food labeled ``organic'' to contain any artificial ingredients, a finding that is directly in opposition to the actions of the conference committee. The real losers under this policy change are American consumers. Consumers who care about having natural food will have to look for additional claims to organic, such as ``no synthetic ingredients included'' on processed foods and ``100 percent grass fed'' on meat and dairy products in order to know that their expectations have been met.

This amendment undermines consumer confidence in the integrity of the national organic program. Back-room deals without proper debate undermine the integrity of the entire organic industry, and we are certain to visit this fix again and again.

Mr. Speaker, we have come a long way with this process. Despite section 797, our farmers will be better off because of this legislation, and I want to thank all of my committee members for putting together such a good appropriations bill. I support the action of the committee when we followed regular order, and when we did that, we crafted a good bill. I only wish we would have finished the bill together so the process was as good as the final product.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Police Officer David Perry for his service to our community. Mr. Perry has dedicated his life to protecting his country as well as his community, and for that I am grateful.

David Perry heroically served in the United States Marine Corps from 1983 to 1989. His service included a meritorious promotion to Corporal and assignment to the Marine Security Guard Detachment in Calcutta, India. While serving in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he was promoted to Sergeant and honorably discharged from active duty on January 6, 1989. He has maintained Reserve status while serving as a Patrol Officer in the City of Santa Cruz. Furthermore, Mr. Perry had dedicated his time to serving the city as a Field Training Officer and is a member of the Santa Cruz Police Department Honor Guard.

Mr. Perry is known for his allegiance to the enforcement of law, the prevention of crime, and his deep sense of community. Respectfully, David Perry has volunteered to return to active duty with the United States Marine Corps. He will be deployed to Iraq in January of 2006. Mr. Perry's voluntary service is truly appreciated and highly valued.

Mr. Speaker, the service of local members of the community is an asset to this Nation, and I applaud Mr. Perry's contributions. We all look forward to the safe return of Officer Perry, and wish him well in his service in Iraq. Mr. Perry is an outstanding member of the community, and his dedication is appreciated.

Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 541, I inadvertently voted ``aye.'' I wish the Record to show that had I voted correctly, I would have voted ``no.''

Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Leach

Madam Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to the Garrett amendment that would prevent an increase in the Conforming Loan Limit.

If the Conforming Loan Limit is not increased, middle income families on the Central Coast of California will not be able to own a piece of the American dream--their own home.

Right now, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can purchase single family mortgages up to a nationwide limit of $359,650.

Increasing the Conforming Loan Limit will allow these GSEs greater access to high cost housing markets, which will increase the availability of mortgage capital which will increase homeownership.

I understand a mortgage of $359,650 sounds like a lot in some congressional districts, but in my district, middle class families will be priced out of the housing market if the Conforming Loan Limit is not increased.

Let me give you some examples of housing prices for my district--

Monterey County, the median home sales price in September 2005 was $712,797.

Santa Cruz County, the medium home sales price in September 2005 was $750,000.

For the City of Salinas, in Monterey County, the median home sales price in September was $610,000, while the medium household income was $43,720, according to Census figures compiled for 1999.

For the City of Watsonville, in Santa Cruz County, the median home sales price in September was $654,750, while the median household income was $37,617, according to Census figures compiled in 1999.

There is a huge affordable housing-income gap in my district that will only get worse without an increase in the Conforming Loan Limit.

The American dream--homeownership--should be an opportunity for all Americans.

I urge a ``no'' vote on the Garrett amendment.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this bill.

I would first like to say that I support the rights of gun owners and hunters, but this bill makes it clear this is not about the second amendment. This bill is about a direct assault on our civil justice system that endorses unscrupulous corporate behavior.

Once again, with this bill, democracy has been thwarted by bringing this bill to the floor. Very reasonable amendments were offered, but the majority adopted a restrictive rule that prevented them from being heard on the floor today.

One of those amendments would have expanded the ban on armor-piercing bullets also. For God's sake, who in this country needs to own armor- piercing bullets?

We are not legislating via the intended democratic process. The people of this country want and deserve an open and participatory government, not law by fiat.

I urge a strong ``no'' vote on this bill.

Mr. Speaker, I'm pleased to announce that Geoff Boraston, of Granite Construction, Inc., located in my congressional district, has been named 2005 National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) Environmental Professional of the Year. Geoff Boraston is the vice chairman of the NSSGA

Environmental Committee. The NSSGA member companies account for 90 percent of crushed stone and 70 percent of the sand and gravel used each year in the United States, and employs 115,000 American workers.

Mr. Boraston recognizes that we must all be good environmental stewards. He has made significant contributions in limiting emissions from naturally occurring asbestos to conform to the standards set by the California Resources Board. Mr. Boraston has coordinated summit meetings between government agencies and industry companies, and developed and implemented company-wide environmental management systems to address Granite Construction environmental issues. These are truly commendable actions that exemplify what one individual can contribute to the protection of the environment. We all look forward to Geoff Boraston's continued leadership on the NSSGA Environmental Committee to achieve environmentally sound operating practices.

Granite Construction is one of the Nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. The Watsonville company is a major builder of all types of rail system infrastructure, such as light rail, monorail, commuter rail and freight rail. Granite Construction is currently pursuing some $12 billion in rapid transit and rail projects to be bid throughout the country over the next year.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc. CAB on the occasion of its 40th anniversary. CAB was created in October 1965 to meet the challenge of President Lyndon B. Johnson's ``War on Poverty,'' and as such is committed to meeting the needs of low-income people.

Since its inception, CAB has assumed responsibilities of great import to the community by providing vital preventative, emergency, and intervention services. They created and administer many programs in Santa Cruz County including Head Start, Second Harvest Food Bank, Legal Aid Society, Housing Authority, Women Infants and Children nutrition program, Senior Citizens Legal Services, Foster Grandparent Program, Women Ventures Project, Natural Resources and Employment Program, and CalWORKS Emergency Payment Program.

CAB played an important role in disaster relief for low-income residents following the devastating Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 and the 1995 Pajaro River flood. Many of the programs and policies nurtured by CAB successfully reduce poverty and increase independence and self- sufficiency.

Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to recognize the Community Action Board for its 40 years of leadership in the community. I applaud the many contributions and achievements of the Community Action Board, and am proud to have such an exemplary organization fighting poverty and caring for the needs of the most vulnerable citizens in Santa Cruz County.

Mr. Speaker, today it gives me great pleasure to recognize Ms. Penny S. Sinclair, Director of Contracting at the Army Contracting Agency, Southern Region, at the Presidio of Monterey, California, for her 31 years of distinguished service to our Nation.

Ms. Sinclair is a member of the American Society of Military Comptrollers. She began her career as a Clerk Typist in 1971. She became an Acquisition Intern in September 1984 and graduated with honors. Throughout her career she received numerous awards, all reflecting her support for military services and civilian support staff in the highest manner possible.

She was appointed as the Director of Contracting in April 1993, at the time of Fort Ord's Base Realignment and Closure. Throughout this challenging time she dealt with year-end closure pressures, loss of personnel and a variety of emergency requirements with professionalism and superior performance. For this work she received a Special Act or Service Award and later was honored with the Commander's Award for Civilian Service. Ms. Sinclair was selected to serve on the Base Closure Ceremony team and was given the honor of assisting in the folding of the Fort Ord Parade Field flag for the last time. She returned as Director in 1999, continuing in that capacity until this year.

Ms. Sinclair was a renowned advocate for the installation organizations, its tenants, and the local business community. During her tenure the Presidio of Monterey exceeded its goals to work with small businesses and woman-owned businesses. She habitually sought opportunities to work with the regional Small Business Administration office and the cities on the Monterey Peninsula. Ms. Sinclair continuously encouraged her staff to expand their learning experience through formal and informal training, and made sure that her staff received monetary rewards for excellent performance. Ms. Sinclair personally provided a workplace that allowed employees to grow and have opportunities for promotion within the organization.

Serving as the Project Officer for Naval Support Activity Monterey Bay, Ms. Sinclair did a masterful job working the very difficult support agreements for fire protection services and public works support. She identified and recommended downsizing areas which were inefficient and costly and saved DLIFLC and POM over one million dollars per year.

Mr. Speaker, Penny Sinclair's professionalism, untiring dedication, and personal involvement reflect great credit upon herself, the Army Contracting Agency, and the United States Army. Her contributions to the Army's contracting mission and her unselfish passion for the contracting profession over the past 31 years have earned her the recognition of this body.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my dear friend Ted Sarbin, who recently passed away at his Carmel home in my Central California district. He was 94. I knew Ted first as a friend of my late father, but the academic world knew Dr. Sarbin as a pioneering research psychologist who helped shape the modern science of psychology.

Born Theodore Ray Sarbin on May 8, 1911, Ted rose from humble beginnings in Cleveland, Ohio, as one of six children of Russian immigrant parents. As a young man, he rode the rails as a hobo, an experience he later said helped him identify with people on the margins of society. In 1941, he earned a Ph.D. from Ohio State University and did further post doctorate work at the University of Chicago. His dissertation used data gathered at the University of Minnesota to examine the relative accuracy of statistical versus clinical prediction of undergraduate success. During this time he also collaborated on research to measure hypnotic depth. This work pioneered research in these fields and framed the questions for hundreds of subsequent studies by psychologists.

In 1949, after a short stint as a clinical psychologist in Illinois and Los Angeles, he joined the faculty at UC Berkeley. In 1969, he left UC Berkeley to join the faculty at UC Santa Cruz. During these academic years, he gained the reputation as an energetic teacher and graduate student mentor, supervising more students than any other faculty member in his department. He also gained the reputation as a prolific author of studies and journal articles. He focused his work on psychopathology--the study of anti-social behavior and its root causes and effects. He became known as ``Mr. Role Theory,'' defending the unorthodox view that the label ``mental illness'' was often used as a moral judgment to express or exert social power over those whose conduct was perceived as unwanted or dangerous.

In the course of his academic career, Ted published over 250 scientific articles and book chapters. He received scores of honors, including both Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships. He received the Morton Prince Award from the Society for Clinical Experimental Hypnosis, as well as the Henry Murray Award from the American Psychological Association. In 2001, the Western Psychological Association recognized him with a lifetime achievement award. Although Ted officially retired in 1976, he never stopped working. He continued to teach and write throughout his life. Recently in Washington, D.C., Ted presented a new award named in his honor as part of the annual American Psychological Association convention.

Ted was perhaps best known for pioneering work he did on the subject of gays in the military. From 1987 until just before his death, Ted was a researcher for the Defense Personnel Security Research and Education Center at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. The Department of Defense founded the Center to study the impact of psychology on national security in the wake of its discovery of a spy ring embedded in the Navy. He had been at the Center less than a year when he co-authored a report which found no evidence to support the idea that gay and lesbian soldiers pose a security risk. The report later became public in 1990 when it was published under the title ``Gays in Uniform: The Pentagon's Secret Reports.''

The Report's publication propelled Ted into the spotlight. However, despite its notoriety, the ``Gays in Uniform'' report simply reflected the theme of Ted's life work: Listen to others and refrain from judgment in reporting the facts. Ted called this narrative psychology-- listen to what the patient has to say rather than rush to characterize them.

Ted had a devoted following of former students and colleagues. He established a custom 40 years ago of hosting an annual party where he would present his own award ``Role Theorist of the Year,'' to one of those gathered. He presided over these celebrations with grace and wit. This past August, he hosted his final such banquet which drew over sixty participants.

Ted bought a vacation home in Carmel in the 1950s. He moved to my hometown for good in the 1970s. He loved to golf and played almost every Monday, always aiming to shoot his age, which he achieved at 89. He and his wife, Genevieve, often hosted elaborate costume parties where he always played the part of Don Quixote--a role he often played in his professional life.

Ted is survived by his sons Jim Allen, Ronald Allen, and Theodore Sarbin; sister Ruth Landy; domestic partner Karen Sobeck; four grandchildren: Mathew Allen, Chelsea Allen, Park Allen, and Link Allen; and two great grandchildren: MacKenzie Allen and Delaney Allen; and numerous people who still love and cherish him. His late wife Genevieve Sarbin, died in 1999.