>> GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE UNITED
STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
COMMISSION CORPS RETIREMENT
CEREMONY FOR RARE ADMIRAL
TIMOTHY HOLTZ. MY NAME IS
CAPTAIN PAUL YOUNG, MON NORRED
TO SERVE AS TODAY'S MAST ERE OF
CEREMONIES. WHEN THE OFFICIAL
PARTY RISE, PLEASE STAND FOR THE
PLAYING OF RUFFLINGS AND
FLOURISHES, THE UNIFORM
PERSONNEL SHOULD NEITHER SALUTE
NOR DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
RATHER STAND AT ATTENTION. OUR
CIVILIAN GUESTS PLEASE PLACE
YOUR RIGHT HANDED OVER YOUR
HEART DURING THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM. THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE COMMISSION CORPS
TRACES ITS ORIGINS TO THE
EARLIEST DAYS OF THE AMERICAN
REPUBLIC WHEN PRESIDENT JOHN
ADAMS SIGNED AN ACT IN 1798 THAT
PROVIDED CARE AND RELIEF OF SICK
AND JURIED MERCHANT SEAMEN, WE
HAVE CHERISHED OUR MARITIME
ROOTS IN THE MARINE HOSPITAL
SERVICE. TODAY WE WILL USE
MARITIME ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
HONORS TO SHOW DELIBERATE
RESPECT FOR THE COMMISSION
CORPS, HISTORY AND TRADITIONS IN
THIS MORNING'S EVENT. BUT NOTE
MORE IMPORTANTLY THAT AS THIS IS
A RETIREMENT CEREMONY FOR ONE OF
OUR DEAR FLAG OFFICERS WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN
TODAY. TODAY'S A DAY OF
CELEBRATION OF A 24 1/2 YEAR
UNIFORMED SERVICE CAREER SO HAVE
FUN, LAUGH A LITTLE, CRY A
LITTLE IF YOU HAVE TO, CHERISH
THE MOMENT AND THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR FELLOWSHIP AND MAKE SURE YOU
TELL A FEW GOOD SORRIES AS WE
ALL KNOW THAT RARE ADMIRAL HOLTZ
LOVES A GOOD STORY. I APPRECIATE
ALL OF YOU COMING TODAY. IT IS
NO SURPRISE THAT WE FILLED THE
AUDITORIUM WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS
AND COLLEAGUES, WANTING TO WISH
RARE ADMIRAL HOLTZ WELL FOR THIS
OCCASION. -- REAR ADMIRAL
HOLTZ. THERE IS A RECEPTION
AFTER THE CEREMONY IN THE
TERRACE SPACE BEHIND US TO THE
RIGHT OF THE BOOKSTOREMENT IF
YOU MUSTS LEAVE EARLY PLEASE
GRAB SOME FOOD ON YOUR WAY OUT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
RISE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE
OFFICIAL PARTY AND REMAIN
STANDING FOR THE PRESENTATION OF
THE COLORS, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM,
THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE MARCH
AND THE INVOCATION. POSTS
SIDEWAYS, SOUND SIX BELLS. REAR
ADMIRAL TIMOTHY HOLTZ DEPUTY DR.
DIRECTTORAL OFFICE OF AIDS
RESEARCH NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH AND ASSISTANT SURGEON
GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE ARRIVING.
♪ SOUND SIX BELLS. REAR
ADMIRAL PETER KILMARK RETIRED,
ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES, PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE NOW ACTING DIRECTOR OF
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL
CENTER ARRIVING.
♪
>> SOUND SIX BELLS. REAR
ADMIRAL MICHAEL DEMARCO RETIRED
ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL OF
UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE, FORMER DEPUTY SECRETARY
OF HEALTH IN CAN DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ARRIVING.
♪
>> SOUND SIX BELLS. REAR
ADMIRAL RICHARD CHILDS,
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, NATIONAL
HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE,
AND ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL OF
THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE ARRIVING.
♪
>> SOUND SIX BELLS.
>> DR. TARA SWETS NIH DEPUTY
DIRECTOR, COORDINATION PLANNING
COORDINATION AND STRATEGIC
INITIATIVES ARRIVING.
♪
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
REMAIN STANDING FOR THE
PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS BY
THE SURGEON GENERAL'S HONOR
GUARD, THE SINGING OF OUR
NATIONAL ANTHEM FOLLOWED BY THE
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE MARCH LED
BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
MUSIC ENSEMBLE. HONOR GUARD,
ADVANCE THE COLORS.
♪ OH SAY CAN YOU SEE, BY THE
DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪
♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT
THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING ♪
♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND
BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE
PERILOUS FIGHT ♪-♪ OER THE
RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO
GALLANTLY STREAMING ♪
♪ AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE,
THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR ♪
♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT
THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ♪
♪ OH, SAY DOES THAT STAR
SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE ♪
♪ OER THE LAND OF THE FREE ♪
♪ AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪
♪
>> HONOR GUARD, RETIRE THE
COLORS.
>> SIDE BOYS, ESCORTS, AT EASE.
(INDISCERNIBLE) WILL NOW PROVIDE
THE INVOCATION WITH GENEROUS
ASSISTANCE FROM (INDISCERNIBLE).
BORN IN NORTH EASTERN TIE BET TO
A HUMBLE KNOW BAD FAMILY. THE 1
# 1ST REINCARNATION OF
(INDISCERNIBLE) A LEARNED
BUDDHIST TEACHER AND HEAD LAMMA
OF MONASTERY IN PRESENT DAY
SHANGHAI PROVINCE. AT THE DALLY
LAMAIST'S SUGGESTION HE WAS
ENROLLED IN THE (INDISCERNIBLE)
UNIVERSITY WHERE HE RECEIVED THE
BUDDHIST DEGREE OF (INAUDIBLE)
EQUIVALENT TO A DOCTORATE IN
2011. HE CURRENTLY RESIDES AND
TEACHES IN MARSHALL, VIRGINIA.
(INDISCERNIBLE) IS PRESIDENT OF
INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET
ADVOCATE IS ORGANIZATION THAT
PROMOTES HUMAN RIGHTS AND
FREEDOMS OF THE PEOPLE OF TIBET,
PRESERVE THEIR CULTURE AND SEEK
TO PROMOTE THE VISION OF HIS
HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA FOR
PEACE IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE
OFFICES IN WASHINGTON D.C.,
AMSTERDAM, BRUSSELS AND BERLIN.
PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM.
(SPEAKING IN NON-ENGLISH
LANGUAGE)
(TIBETAN PRAYER)
>> SO THE PRAYER THAT HE JUST
LED IS A PRAYER FOR INVOKING
BUDDHIST NATURE INHERENT IN
EVERY BEING. I WILL JUST READ
OUT THE VERSES IN ENGLISH SO YOU
HAVE A SENSE. FROM NOW UNTIL MY
ENLIGHTENMENT I TAKE REFUGE IN
THE BUDDHA. BY THE MERIT CREATED
IN THIS PRACTICE, MAY I ATTAIN
THE STATE OF BUDDHA HOOD FOR THE
BENEFIT OF ALL SENTIENT BEINGS.
MAY ALL SENTIENT BEINGS ENJOY
HAPPINESS AND ITS CAUSES, MAY
ALL SENTIENT BEINGS BE FREE FROM
SUFFERING AND ITS CAUSES. MAY
ALL SENTIENT BEINGS NEVER BE
SEPARATED FROM JOYFUL BLISS. MAY
ALL SENTIENT BEINGS ABIDE IN
FREE OF BIAS ATTACHMENT AND
ANCHOR. THE NEXT VERSE IS CALL
OUT PAY HOMAGE TO THE MEDICINE
BUDDHA IN PARTICULAR. EXCELLENT
SIGNS, KINGS OF JEWELS,
STAINLESS GOLD, FREE FROM
SORROW, PROCLAIMED DARMA, CLEAR
KNOWING, MEDICINE GURU, YOUR
BLESSED ONES WHO COMPLETED THE
GREAT ASPIRATIONAL PRAYERS I PAY
HOMAGE TO YOU, THE EIGHT GREAT
BROTHERS OF THE (INDISCERNIBLE)
>> I AM VERY HONORED TO BE HERE
TODAY TO CELEBRATE TIM HOLTZ
HERE AND HONORED TO BE HERE.
>> SO AS I'M HERE, THE LIFE AND
WORK OF TIMOTHY HOLTZ AND ALL OF
YOU HERE HIS COLLEAGUES AND THE
PRAYER THAT I JUST RECITED, I
THINK IT MAKES A VERY GOOD
COMBINATION.
>> SO THE PRAYER THAT I JUST
RECITED TALKS ABOUT FREEING
BEINGS FROM SUFFERING AND ITS
CAUSES AND IN TERMS OF HUMAN
BEINGS, ALL OF US HAVE TO WORK
TOWARDS A BUILDING COMPASSION IN
OUR HEART AND THAT IS SOMETHING
ALSO THAT WE IN BUDDHISM STRIVE
FOR.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUFFERING
WE TALK ALSO ABOUT SUFFERING OF
THE HUMAN BODY AND IN THAT FIELD
ALL OF YOU WORK YOUR WORK IS
TOWARDS ELEVATING THE HUMAN --
ALLEVIATING THE HUMAN SUFFERING
OF THE BODY AND FOR THAT MY
PRAYER TODAY INVOKES THE
MEDICINE BUDDHA TOWARDS ALL THE
WORK THAT YOU DO, THAT YOU HAVE
DONE, AND ALSO LOOK INTO THE
FUTURE THAT ALL THE WORK THAT
YOU WILL DO. (SPEAKING
NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE)
>> AND THEN IN PARTICULAR I
WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TIM'S
CONNECTION AND INVOLVEMENT WITH
THE PEOPLE OF TIBET AND OUR
COMMUNITY. AND IN THIS MOST
DIFFICULT PERIOD FOR OUR -- FOR
THE TIBETAN COMMUNITY, TIM HAS
BEEN HART OF SUPPORTING US AND
HELPING US AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU
ALSO WORK TOWARDS HELPING PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD AND I OFFER MY
PRAYERS AND MY THANKS FOR ALL OF
YOU AND TO PLEASE CONTINUE DOING
SO IN THE FUTURE ALSO.
>> SO IN FINAL I WOULD LIKE TO
PRESENT A TIBETAN SCARF, A WHITE
SCARF WHICH IN WHITE SIGNIFIES
IT COMES FROM A PURE HEART AND
THE (INDISCERNIBLE) HAS THE
DESIGNS OF THE US A PI SHUTS
SYMBOLS OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM AND
IT OFFERS PRAYERS AND US A SPY S
IN ALL YOU DO.
♪ THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND ♪
♪ THIS LAND IS MY LAND ♪ ♪
FROM CALIFORNIA TO THE NEW YORK
HIGH LANDS ♪ FROM THE REDWOOD
FOREST, TO THE GULF STREAM
WATERS, THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR
YOU AND ME ♪
♪ AS I WAS WALKING THE HIGHWAY,
I SAW ABOVE ME THE SKYWAY ♪
♪ I SAW BELOW ME ♪
♪ THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU
AND ME ♪
♪ I FOLLOWED MY FOOTSTEPS, THE
SPARKLING SANDS OF THE DESERTS,
AND ALL AROUND ME, THIS LAND WAS
MADE FOR YOU AND ME ♪
♪ THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS
LAND IS MY LAND ♪
♪ FROM CALIFORNIA TO THE NEW
YORK HIGH LA ISLAND, FROM THE RD
FOREST TO THE GULF SEEM WATERS,
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND
ME ♪
♪ THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU
AND ME ♪
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
BE SEATED. THANK YOU FOR THOSE
VERY SPIRITUAL AND MOVING WORDS
AND (INDISCERNIBLE) THANK YOU AS
WELL. PLEASE JOIN ME THANKING
THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE MUSIC
ENSEMBLE CONSISTING OF THE D.C.
BAND AND THE CHORAL DIVISION FOR
PRAYING THE PRELUDE MUSIC, THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM AND THE PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE MARCH.
[APPLAUSE]
WE WILL HEAR MORE FROM THEM
SHORTLY AS I KNOW MUSIC HAS BEEN
A CRITICAL PART OF ADMIRAL
HOLTZ'S LIFE AND PLAYING WITH
COLLEAGUES WITH IN THE MUSIC
ENSEMBLE FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS
HAS BEEN AN ENJOYABLE PART OF
BEING IN THE COMMISSION CORPS.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH A
LARGE TURN OUT FROM THE PLAYERS
AND SINGERS IN THE ENSEMBLE IS A
TESTAMENT TO THAT. THANK YOU. I
ALSO WANT TO THANK THE SURGEON
GENERAL'S HONOR GUARD PROVIDING
TODAY'S OPENING HONORS WITH
ESPRIT DE CORPS AS WELL AS SIDE
BOYS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS.
THANKS TO SPECIAL VOLUNTEER,
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ABIGAIIL
AND DAN JOHNSON, SHE IS THE
OFFICIAL MASCOT OF THE UNITED
STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
COMMISSION CORPS. SHE'S NAMED IN
HONOR OF FORMER FIRST LADY
ABIGAIL ADAMS, WIFE OF PRESIDENT
JOHN ADAMS WHO SIGNED THE ACT
CREATE THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERV
SERVICE. SHE WAS ADMIRAL RACHEL
LEVIE AS THE FIRST MASS SCOTT OF
COMMISSION CORPS AND GRANTED
LANGUAGE RANK OF LIEUTENANT
COMMANDER. SHE HAS A FULL TIME
HANDLING DAN JOHNSON A DIETITIAN
OFFICER IN THE COMMISSION CORPS
AND SHE RESIDES WITH HER HANDLER
AND IS ASSIGNED TO HER CURRENT
DUTY STATION HERE AT THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. I
WOULD LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE THE
PRESIDING OFFICER FOR TODAY,
REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD CHILDS
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR OF THE,
MANAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD
INSTITUTE OR NHLBI AT THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.
HE GRADUATED FROM GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY AND GEORGETOWN
MEDICAL SCHOOL, INTERNSHIP
RESIDENCY AND CHIEF RESIDENCY IN
INTERNAL MEDICINE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN
GAINESVILLE, FOLLOWED BY
FELLOWSHIPS IN MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
AND HEMATOLOGY HERE AT NIH. HE
WAS APPOINTED AS A TENURE TRACK
INVESTIGATOR IN THE HEMATOLOGY
BRANCH OF NHLBI AND RECEIVED
TENURE IN 2006. IN HIS ROLE AS
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR HE IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF
NHLBI DIVISION OF INTRAMURAL
RESEARCH, ENSURING RESOURCES ARE
ALLOCATED APPROPRIATELY TO
ACHIEVE THE RESEARCH MISSION OF
THE INSTITUTE. REAR ADMIRAL
CHILDS WAS THE FIRST
INVESTIGATOR TO SHOW THAT ME AT
THAT TA STATIC KIDNEY CANCER IS
CURED BY TRANSPLANTING ALLO
GENIC IMMUNE CELLS THROUGH GRAFT
VERSUS TUMOR EFFECT, A SEMINOLE
DISCOVERY. HE CONTINUES TO RUN
THE TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH LAB
THAT CONDUCTS FIRST IN HUMAN
RESEARCH IN BONE MARROW
TRANSPLANTATION AND TUMOR
IMMUNOTHERAPY. HE'S BOARD
CERTIFIED IN MEDICAL ONCOLOGY,
HAS PERFORMED MORE THAN 600
EXPERIMENTAL BONE MARROW STEM
CELL TRANSPLANTS HERE AT NIH,
HOLES MORE THAN 30 PATENTS
RELATED TO NK CELL AND T-CELL
BASED IMMUNOTHERAPY. DR. CHILDS
IS ACTIVE DUTY OFFICER SINCE
1995, HE WAS PROMOTED TO REAR
ADMIRAL AND ASSISTANT SURGEON
GENERAL IN 2015 AND IN 2020
RECEIVED HIS SECOND STAR. IN
2014 HE DEPLOYED TO LIBERIA AS
PART OF THE EBOLA CRISIS
RESPONSE SERVING AS CHIEF
MEDICAL OFFICER IN THE
MONROEVILLE MEDICAL UNIT. IN
2020 HE COMMANDED A DEPLOYMENT
TEAM TO JAPAN THAT EVACUATED
HUNDREDS OF COVID-19 AFFECTED OR
EXPOSED AMERICANS FROM THE
DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE CHIPOR
SHIP AND PROVIDED COMPASSIONATE
USE REMDESIVIR BEFORE THE DRUG
WAS APPROVED AS TREATMENT FOR
COVID-19. THESE ACTS EARNED HIM
THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL WITH
VALOR, HUMANITARIAN SERVICE AND
GLOBAL HEALTH AWARD, AND THE
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH
EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE MEDAL. THANK
YOU FOR PRESIDING OVER THIS
EVENT IN AN IMPORTANT
INSTITUTION FOR AMERICAN PUBLIC
HEALTH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD CHILDS.
OPERATOR: THANK YOU, CAPTAIN
JOHN, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE
TODAY, AT THIS RETIREMENT
CEREMONY CELEBRATION, FOUR YEARS
AGO WE HAD PLANNED TO BE HERE
FOR A PROMOTION CEREMONY. FOR
REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ AND THEN THE
PANDEMIC HIT. AND THAT WAS SAD
THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE HAD THAT
CEREMONY BUT I'M HONORED TO HAVE
BEEN INVITED TO BE PART OF THIS
VERY IMPORTANT CELEBRATION WITH
MY DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES THAT
ARE HERE. REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ
CURRENTLY SERVES AS DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF AIDS
RESEARCH AT NIH AND WE
ACKNOWLEDGE REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ
PLEA AGREEMENT PLAYER
PERFORMANCE OF DUTY. AND SOON
WELCOME HEM TO THE RANKS OF THE
RETIRED CORPS COMMISSION CADRE.
WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS IN OUR
ATTENDANCE TODAY. THEY ARE ALSO
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COME HERE
TODAY FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND REPRESENT SEVERAL DIFFERENT
FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND VARIOUS
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK IN
PARTICULAR REAR ADMIRAL
(INDISCERNIBLE) DIRECTOR OF
COMMISSION CORPS HEADQUARTERS
FOR ATTENDING, REAR ADMIRAL PAUL
REED, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR HEALTH AND DIRECTOR OFFICE
OF PREVENTION AND HEALTH
PROMOTION. DR. (INDISCERNIBLE)
THE ACTING ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
FOR AIDS RESEARCH, NIH AND THE
ACTING DIRECTOR OFFICE OF AIDS
RESEARCH, DR. ROBERT ISINGER
SENIOR ADVISOR TO DEPUTY
PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR AND REAR
ADMIRAL RICHARD WYATT RETIRED
SENIOR ADVISOR, NIAID. AND
CAPTAIN DANIEL SINGER DIRECTOR
FOR COUNTERING BIOLOGICAL
THREATS, NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNCIL THE WHITE HOUSE. I
APOLOGIZE FOR ANY OF YOU THAT
ARE HERE THAT I MISSED IN PERSON
OR ONLINE BUT WE THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US TODAY IN THIS
CELEBRATION.
[APPLAUSE]
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND
THANK REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ'S
FAMILY SEATED IN THE FRONT ROW.
HIS WIFE DR. (INDISCERNIBLE)
WITH NIAID'S DIVISION OF AIDS,
AND HIS CHILDREN. IN ADDITION WE
HAVE HIS STEPPARENTS RETIRED
MAJOR JOHN FISHER AND LINDA
FISHER, SISTERS TERRY HOLTZ AND
TRACY WITH SON THOMAS, COUSINS
CHRISTY KNAPP AND KEVIN KNAPP
AND COUSINS REVERENDS REED,
NANCY PHOENIX AND MARTIN REED.
OFFICER'S FAMILY SERVES
ALONGSIDE THEM. THEY FEEL THE
SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT DURING
AN OFFICER'S CAREER. SUCH AS THE
HONOR OF A PROMOTION, THEY
ACCEPT THE SERVICE LIFE LONG
WITH THE OFFICER. WITHOUT
RESERVATIONS. THEY SUPPORTS
THROUGH OUR TRIUMPHS AND DURING
TIMES OF FAILURE AND TIMES OF
WEAKNESS. WE OWE A DEBT OF
GRATITUDE THAT WE CAN NEVER
REPAY. AS YOU HAVE SHARED REAR
ADMIRAL HOLTZ WITH US OVER THE
PAST 24 PLUS YEARS THROUGH ALL
THE TRAVEL, THROUGH ALL LATE
NIGHT PHONE CALLS, DEPLOYMENTS,
AND TRANSFERS THROUGHOUT HIS
CAREER, YOU NEVER WAIVERED AND
YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED MUCH. TO
THE HOLTZ FAMILY, JOB WELL DONE
AND WELCOME TODAY.
[APPLAUSE]
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A
LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT THE
PERSON THAT WE ARE HONORING
TODAY WHO IS ABOUT TO RETIRE
FROM A VERY DISTINGUISHED
CAREER. IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE. REAR ADMIRAL TIMOTHY
HOLTZ, M.D. MASTER OF PUBLIC
HEALTH WILL BE RETIRED FROM
ACTIVE DUTY AS OF APRIL 1ST
AFTER SERVING THIS COUNTRY FOR
OVER 24 YEARS INCLUDING MORE
THAN FOUR YEARS AS A REAR
ADMIRAL AND ASSISTANT SURGEON
GENERAL IN THE UNITED STATES
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. IN HIS
LAST ROLE HE HAS SUPPORTED THE
OFFICE OF AIDS RESEARCH AS
DEPUTY -- AIDS RESEARCH AS
DEPUTY DIRECTOR HERE AT THE NIH
SINCE 2019. AS AN OFFICE DEPUTY
HE WORKED WITH OAR DIRECTOR IN
LEADING AND COORDINATING THE NIH
HIV AIDS RESEARCH AGENDA TO END
THE HIV PANDEMIC AND TO IMPROVE
THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH HIV.
HE PROVIDED SCIENTIFIC
LEADERSHIP INCLUDING POLICY
DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT FOR THE NIH HIV
RESEARCH PROGRAM INCLUDING
CONTRIBUTING TO THE ENDING THE
HIV EPIDEMIC INITIATIVE. AMONGST
HIS REWARDS, HE HAS RECEIVED TWO
OUTSTANDING SERVICE MEDALS, TWO
ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS, THE GLOBAL
HEALTH CAMPAIGN MEDAL, 13
FOREIGN SERVICE DUTY AWARDS,
AMONG OTHER AWARDS. IN ADDITION
HE HAS RECEIVED THE AMERICAN
COLLEGE OF PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
BOARD OF REGENTS SCIENTIFIC
EXCELLENCE AWARD, THE UNIVERSITY
OF IOWA DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
SERVICE AWARD, THE JAY BUCKLEY
AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP AND MID
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH FROM THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH
ASSOCIATION. REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ
DEPLOYED FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSES
IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT IMPORTANT
ROLES, FOR THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER IN THE ANTHRAX RESPONSE
IN NEW YORK CITY, FOR HURRICANES
KATRINA, AND RITA, FOR THE
CHOLERA RESPONSE IN HAITI, THE
EBOLA RESPONSE IN SIERRA LEONE
AND RECENTLY FOR OPERATION
ALLIES WELCOME SERVING INCOMING
AFGHAN REFUGEES. FROM 2010 UNTIL
2019 REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ IN
GLOBAL HIV AND TB PREVENTION AND
CONTROL PROGRAMS. AS A COUNTRY
PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR CDC'S
DIVISION OF HIV AIDS PREVENTION
AND DIVISION OF GLOBAL HIV AND
TB. MOST RECENTLY HE WAS
STATIONED IN INDIA TO IMPLEMENT
THE CDC'S PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY
PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF. STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVES. INCLUDING AS ACTING
CDC COUNTRY DIRECTOR. PREVIOUSLY
HE SERVED IN THAILAND AND NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT ROLES, INCLUDING
PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR FOR THE
CDC CLINICAL RESEARCH SITE, SITE
INVESTIGATOR OF RECORD SEVERAL
NIH FUNDED HIV RESEARCH STUDIES.
AND THE HIV AS AN HIV PREVENTION
ADVISOR TO THE THAILAND MINISTRY
OF PUBLIC HEALTH. BETWEEN 2002
AND 2010 REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ
SERVED AS AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND
TEAM LEAD FOR CDC'S
INTERNATIONAL TB BRANCH,
DIVISION OF TB ELIMINATION,
WORKING ON DRUG RESISTANT
TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL AN TB HIV
PROGRAM CAPACITY BUILDING.
THROUGH THE SUB SAHARAN AFRICA
AND ASIA. HE'S CO-DIRECTOR OF
THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC DESIGNATION
FOR EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT
TB KNOWN AS XDR TB. AS A CDC
CONSULTANT TO THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION'S GREEN LIGHT
COMMITTEE REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ
HELPED FACILITATE THE DELIVERY
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LOW COST
SECOND LINE MEDICATIONS FOR
PERSONS WITH DRUG RESISTANT
TUBERCULOTUBERCULOSIS. BENEFITIG
THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS. HE
STARTED HIS PHS CAREER WITH THE
CDC'S MALARIA BRANCH CONDUCTING
SURVEYS AND RESEARCH STUDIES IN
EAST AND WEST AFRICA. REAR
ADMIRAL HOLTZ IS A NATIVE
MIDWESTERNER OBTAIN HIS
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN
CHEMISTRY WITH A HEALTHY DOSE OF
RELIGION COURSES FROM SAINT OLOF
COLLEGE FROM CROSSMAN, A MEDICAL
DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
IOWA, GO HAWKEYES, AND A MASTERS
DEGREE IN PUBLIC HEALTH FROM
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. HE
TRAINED CLINICALLY IN PRIMARY
CARE AND INTERNAL MEDICINE AT
HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE
HOSPITAL PROGRAM, AND IN
PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE AT THE
CDC. HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN
FELLOWSHIPS AT COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEONS IN HUMAN RIGHTS,
AND IN THE CDC'S EPIDEMIC
INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, PRIOR TO
JOINING PHS DR. HOLTZ WORKED FOR
FOUR YEARS AT FEDERALLY
QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER IN
BOSTON. WHILE REAR ADMIRAL
HOLTZ'S 24 1/2 YEAR CAREER HAS
HAD A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON
PUBLIC HEALTH, HE'S ALSO HAD AN
IMPACT, VERY IMPORTANT POSITIVE
IMPACT ON HIS FELLOW OFFICERS
AND OTHER COLLEAGUES. HE WAS
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR GLOBAL HEALTH
AT EMORY UNIVERSITY, CREATED
COURSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AN
SOCIAL MEDICINE. MENTORED
MULTIPLE FELLOWS IN THE CDC EIS
PROGRAM AND ENGAGED IN MENTORING
JUNIOR OFFICERS THROUGH THE COA
AND THE NIH MENTORING COMMITTEE
HE IS THE AUTHOR OF TWO GLOBAL
HEALTH BOOKS AND WAS A FOUNDING
MEMBER OF DOCTORS FOR GLOBAL
HEALTH, NON-PROFIT HEALTH AND
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. REAR
ADMIRAL HOLTZ IS A FIERCE
ADVOCATE OF SERVICE TO THE
UNDERSERVED. HE NEVER WAIVERS IN
HIS CORE BELIEFS. REAR ADMIRAL
HOLTZ HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR
US AND I HAVE NO DOUBT WHILE HIS
RETIREMENT WILL CLOSE ONE DOOR,
IT WILL OPEN MANY OTHER DOORS,
THAT WILL GIVE HIM AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO
GUIDE, TO MENTOR, TO LEAD, TO
HAVE NEW STORIES AND TO TELL NEW
STORIES. DESPITE HIM BEING
SOMEWHAT HARD OF HEARING, A
BOSTON LIKE DRIVER, A TERRIBLE
UNDERESTIMATER OF THE WEATHER,
MAYBE A LITTLE STUBBORN, JUST A
LITTLE, WOULDN'T -- WHEN HE HAS
A POINT OF ARGUMENT, HE WILL BE
DEARLY MISSED IN HIS OFFICE AND
AT THE NIH AND IN THE PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE. I REALIZE THAT
AFTER TODAY THE PHS WILL BE A
LITTLE LESS WELL OFF. AFTER HE
RETIRES. SO TODAY WE HONOR REAR
ADMIRAL HOLTZ AND HIS STORIED
CAREER AS A PUBLIC SERVANT AND
OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOR HIS
EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.
WE WELCOME HIM SOON INTO THE
RANKS OF THE RETIRED COMMISSION
CORPS CADRE.
[APPLAUSE]
IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO INVITE
THE PHS D.C. CHOIR TO SING A
FAMILIAR SONG BY WOODY GUNTHRIE
THEY ALREADY DID. SORRY. IS
THAT WHAT TH THAT WAS? OKAY. ST
IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
DR. TARA SCHWETS FOR WELCOMING
REMARKS. LET ME TELL THEM ABOUT
YOU. SHE IS THE NIH DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR PROGRAM
COORDINATION, PLANNING AND
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES IN THE
DIRECTOR DIVISION OF PROGRAM
COORDINATION PLANNING AND
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES IN THE NIH
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR. BETWEEN
2021 TO 2023 SHE SERVED AS THE
ACTING PRINCIPLE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
FOR NIH. SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED
AS THE NIH ASSOCIATE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FROM JANUARY 2019
THROUGH DECEMBER 2021. FOR MUCH
OF 2021 DR. SCHWETS WAS ON
DETAIL TO TO OFF AT THIS OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY AS
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE INITIATIVES.
WHERE SHE LED THE EFFORTS TO
STAND UP THE ADVANCE RESEARCH
PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH ALSO
KNOWN AS ARPA H. THROUGHOUT HER
MORE THAN TENURED AT NIH SHE'S
HELD MULTIPLE POSITIONS ACROSS
SEVERAL INSTITUTES AND WITHIN
THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
INCLUDING AS THE ACTING DIRECTOR
OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
NURSING RESEARCH. DR. SCHWETS
STARTED HER CAREER AH AS A
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
FELLOW, LED HIGH PROFILE NIH
EFFORTS INCLUDING TWO RAPID
ACCELERATION OF DIAGNOSTIC
PROGRAMS, RADX UNDERSERVED
POPULATIONS AND RADX RADICAL.
IMPLEMENTING MATERNAL HEALTH AND
PREGNANCY OUTCOMES, VISION FOR
EVERYONE OR THE IMPROVE
INITIATIVE, AND IS SPEARHEADED
SEVERAL STRATEGIC PLANNING
EFFORTS SUCH AS THE FIRST NIH
WIDE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THE NIH
WIDE COVID-19 STRATEGIC PLAN.
DR. SCHWETS RECEIVED A BS IN
BIOCHEMISTRY WITH HONORS FROM
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, HARD
FOR ME TO SAY BECAUSE I'M A
GATOR. AND A Ph.D. IN
BIOPHYSICS FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTH FLORIDA, FOLLOWED BY A
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AT
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY. PLEASE
WELCOME DR. SCHWETS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, REAR
ADMIRAL CHILDS FOR THAT
INTRODUCTIONS. AND EVEN WE'LL
FORGIVE YOU FOR MISPRONOUNCING
FLORIDA STATE, WE GET THE
RIVALRY ISSUE. ALL THE TIME.
FORTIME.FORGIVE YOU FOR BEING AR
TOO. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN FOR
EMCEEING TODAY'S EVEN AND TO
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE CHOIR FOR
THE GREAT PERFORMANCE WE HEARD
EARLIER. AS REAR ADMIRAL CHILDS
MENTIONED, I AM THE DIVISION
DIRECTOR -- THE NIH DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR PROGRAM
COORDINATION PLANNING AND
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES ALSO
HAPPEN TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DIVISION WITH THE SAME NAME.
THAT DIVISION INCLUDES THE
OFFICE OF AIDS RESEARCH OR OAR.
WHERE REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ WORKS
FOR ANOTHER FEW DAYS I GUESS. SO
I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE TODAY TO
CELEBRATE REAR ADMIRAL TIMOTHY
HOLTZ'S DEDICATION TO THE U.S.
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AND I WANT
GIVE A WARM WELCOME ON BEHALF OF
MYSELF AND THE DPKPSI DEPUTY
DIRECTOR AND TO EVERYONE HERE
TODAY IN PERSON AS WELL AS THOSE
WHO ARE VIEWING ONLINE. I ALSO
WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME
TO REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ'S FAMILY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
HIM WITH NIH AND THE PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE AND FOR ALL YOUR
SUPPORT OF HIS SERVICE OVER HIS
NEARLY 25 YEAR CAREER. I
UNDERSTAND THIS REQUIRED LOTS OF
COMMITMENT THAT EXTENDED BEYOND
THE WORKPLACE AND TYPICAL WORK
HOURS, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
UNWAVERING ENCOURAGEMENT OF HIS
CAREER. THE MISSION OF NIH IS TO
SEEK FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
THE NATURE AND BEHAVIOR OF
LIVING SYSTEMS AND TO APPLY THAT
KNOWLEDGE TO ENHANCE HEALTH,
LENGTHEN LIFE AND REDUCE ILLNESS
AN DISABILITY. THIS IS REALLY
DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICES MISSION TO
PROTECT, PROMOTE, AND ADVANCE
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE
NATION. WHICH THEY ACCOMPLISH
THROUGH RAPID AND EFFECTIVE
RESPONSES AND ADVANCEMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE. REAR
ADMIRAL HOLTZ EXEMPLIFIED TRUE
COMMITMENT TO BOTH OF THESE
MISSION OVER HIS NEARLY 25 YEAR
CAREER. AND REALLY DEDICATED AND
DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS WE HEARD
JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO FROM REAR
ADMIRAL CHILDS. IT WAS GREAT FOR
ME TO SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO
IT, WE HAVE WORKED SPORADICALLY
WITH EACH OTHER OVER THE YEARS
AND I FEEL I LEARN MORE ABOUT
YOU FROM THE INTRODUCTIONS THAN
I HAVE IN WORKING WITH YOU OVER
NUMBER OF YEARS. THAT WAS REALLY
GREAT TO HEAR. SO IMPRESSIVE.
REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ HAS SHOWN
WHAT TRUE SERVICE IS THROUGH HIS
WORK IN GLOBAL HIV AND
TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION AND
CONTROL PROGRAMS WITH CDC, AS
WELL AS IN HIS ROLE AS DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF OAR. IN THAT ROLE HE
WORKED TO COORDINATE NIH
ACTIVITIES TO ADVANCE RESEARCH
AND IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE
DISCOVERIES AND PREVENT HIV
ACQUISITION AND IMPROVE THE
HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH HIV.
DURING HIS TIME AT OAR REAR
ADMIRAL HOLTZ HAS BEEN KEY
MEMBER OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM
AND HAS HELPED TO CONVENE
EFFORTS AND PARTNERS TO HELP
COORDINATE PROGRAMS ACROSS ALL
OF NIH. AT OAR HE DIRECTED
SCIENTIFIC AND I'M TALKING
DIRECTED LIKE YOU ARE STILL HERE
FOR ANOTHER FEW DAYS I SHOULD
STILL KEEP THIS IN PRESENT
TENSE. YOU HAVE HELPED TO LEAD
AND DIRECT MANY SCIENTIFIC AND
BUDGETARY MANAGEMENT OF NIH HIV
RESEARCH PROGRAM AND SERVED AS
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF OUR NIH
AIDS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. AS
WELL AS THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
OF THE OAR ADVISORY COUNCIL.
WHICH IS A REALLY IMPORTANT WAY
FOR US TO RECEIVE EXTERNAL
EXPERT FEEDBACK. HE ALSO
COORDINATED AND REVIEWED NIH
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE ENDING
THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN THE UNITED
STATES AS WE HEARD EARLIER, THAT
IS OUR EHE EFFORT. HIS WORK HAS
REALLY BEEN INVALUABLE TO
ADVANCE RESEARCH TOWARDS FISCAL
AND COORDINATE EFFORTS TO
LEVERAGE THE BREADTH AND DEPTH
OF EXPERTISE ACROSS ALL OF THE
INSTITUTES, OFFICES AND CENTERS
AT NIH. SO THANK YOU, REAR
ADMIRAL HOLTZ FOR YOUR SERVICE
TO NIH, CDC AND THE PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE, IT IS AN HON
MORE FOR US TO RECOGNIZE AND
CELEBRATE YOUR EFFORTS TO
IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH
OR AFFECTED BY HIV IN THE U.S.
AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WE ARE
IMMENSELY GRATEFUL TO YOUR TIME,
DEDICATION AND YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, IT IS NOW MY
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE RETIRED
CAPTAIN DALE HU (PHONETIC).
UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE RETIRED IS A SENIOR
PHYSICIAN WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE AT THE NIH.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL AND PREVENTION AND WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION. HIS CAREER
SPANNED THE FEELS OF PREVENTIVE
MEDICINE, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND
CLINICAL RESEARCH FOCUSING ON
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION
OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES WITH
VACCINES AND OTHER PREVENTATIVE
INTERVENTIONS. HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS
WORK INCLUDE COORDINATING GLOBAL
SURVEILLANCE FOR DIVERGENT
STRAINS OF HIV, DEVELOPING
COHORTS IN THAILAND FOR THE
WORLD'S FIRST HIV VACCINE
TRIALS, SERVING IN THE CDC UNDER
THE U.S. EMBASSY IN BEIJING,
CHINA AS DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL
DISEASE DETECTION. IN HIS MOST
RECENT FEDERAL POSITION, HE WAS
WITH NIAID AS THE VACCINE
CLINICAL RESEARCH BRANCH CHIEF.
IN THE VACCINE RESEARCH PROGRAM
DIVISION OF AIDS. DR. HU
(PHONETIC) WAS PARTS OF AN
IMPORTANT EFFORT TO GIVE
VACCINES AN MONOCLONAL
ANTIBODIES AGAINST COVID-19
TESTED IN CLINICAL TRIALS, AND
READY FOR EMERGENCY USE
AUTHORIZATION AND EVENTUAL
CLINICAL LICENSURE. HE IS A
FELLOW IN BOTH THE AMERICAN
COLLEGE OF PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
AND THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
SOCIETY OF AMERICA. WELCOME,
CAPTAIN HU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, ADMIRAL CHILDS.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR DR. SCHWETS,
ADMIRAL KILMARCS AND DEMARCO,
DEAR FAMILY OF ADMIRAL HOLTZ AND
OTHER DISTINGUISHED GUESTS,
WELCOME, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS
DALE HU AND I WILL NOT CONTINUE
THIS ONGOING EULOGY OF TIM'S
STELLAR CAREER. RATHER I WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE OF
STORIES ILLUSTRATING THAT MANY
OF THE QUALITIES THAT WE
ASSOCIATE WITH TIM AT THE
TWILIGHT OR SHOULD I SAY LATE
AFTERNOON OF HIS CAREER WERE
PRESENT AT AN EARLY AGE. I MET
TIM FIRST IN 1988 OVER 35 YEARS
AGO WHEN WE WERE BOTH MPH
STUDENTS AT HOPKINS. AND WE
BECAME FRIENDS AND OVER THIS
TIME WE HAD A NUMBER OF
INTERESTING EXPERIENCES, WHICH I
WON'T DETAIL ALL OF THEM, I WILL
HIGHLIGHT A FEW. BUT ONE OF THE
SALIENT QUALITIES THAT I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT ARE HIS GLOBAL VISION,
HIS COMMITMENT TO HELPING OTHERS
WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALKED
ABOUT AND A PASSION FOR
EXCELLENCE. THIS HAS BEEN
DISPLAYED IN HIS BEING AN
EXCELLENT MUSICIAN, A TALENTED
ATHLETE, HE'S TRANSMITTED TO HIS
CHILDREN, AND ONE EXAMPLE WE HAD
AT THE END OF MPH YEAR, TIM AND
I WERE TALKING ABOUT PERFORMING
A DUET, THE ENTERTAINER FOR THE
END OF THE YEAR VARIETY OR
TALENT SHOW. AND WE BOTH KNEW
THE PIECE SO WE KIND OF, I WAS
THINKING WE WILL PLAY A COUPLE
OF TIMES AND WE WOULD BE READY
FOR THE PERFORMANCE. BUT NOT
TIM. TIM SAID WE NEED TO
PRACTICE THIS MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE
TIMES. AND NOT ONLY PRACTICING
MULTIPLE TIMES BUT MAKING SURE
THE TRUMPET AND P AND PIANO PLAF
EACH OTHER WELL. THANKS TO THIS
METICULOUS AND ALMOST OBSESSIVE
INSIST TENSE WE GAVE A GREAT
PERFORMAPERFORMANCE. DURING THEY
AIDS EPIDEMIC WE WITNESSED THE
DEVASTATION FIRSTHAND. THAT
REALLY MOTIVATED BOTH OF US TO
ATTEND THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL
AIDS CONFERENCE AT THE END OF
OUR MPH YEAR. SINCE WE DIDN'T
HAVE A LOT OF MONEY AT THAT TIME
WE DECIDED TO DRIVE UP AND MAKE
THIS KIND OF A FUN ROAD TRIP, DO
A LITTLE SITE SEEING, DO SOME
BIKING ALONG THE WAY. WHILE
AGAIN TIM PUSHED ME A LITTLE
HARDER TO RIDE MORE, RIDE LONGER
THAN I WAS USED TO, I'M NOT AS
ATHLETIC AS TIM IS. AND WE DROVE
FROM BALTIMORE THROUGH MARTHA'S
VINE YARD ALL THROUGH NEW
ENGLAND AND THROUGH MAINE. I
WOULD SAY WE -- AS FRIENDS WE
TRAVELED VERY WELL TOGETHER. BUT
THERE WAS AN AREA THAT WE DID
HAVE SOME DIFFERENCE, I WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE THOSE. EVEN THOUGH
BOTH OF US WERE THRIFTY, TIM
REALLY LIKES TO ROUGH IT MUCH
MORE THAN I DO. BY THE TIME WE
ARRIVED BY CAR TO QUEBEC CITY I
WAS REALLY READY FOR REST AND
RELAXATION. BUT NOT TIM. HE
WANTED TO DO ANOTHER 40, 50-MILE
BIKE RIDE. AS A SIDE NOTE, TIM
IS THIS WHITE GUY FROM IOWA WITH
WESTERN OUTDOORS APPROACH. I'M
AN ASIAN AMERICAN WITH IMMIGRANT
PARENTS SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
CAMPING MY PARENTS WILL SAY DALE
YOU ARE A DOCTOR NOW WHY YOU
WANT TO BE LIKE A REFUGEE? AND
IN THIS CASE TIM HAS THAT READY
TO GO SPIRIT. SO ANOTHER JUST
POINT WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT
THIS WEEK, I ROAD RODE MY BIKE
EARLIER THIS MORNING AND TIM AND
I HAVE THE EXACT SAME BIKES THAT
WE HAD 35 YEARS AGO. SO TIM, YOU
KNOW, NOW THAT YOU HAVE RETIRED,
YOU CAN THROW AWAY A LITTLE BIT
OF THE THRIFTINESS AND WE CAN
GET NEW BIKES SO THAT WE CAN
MAYBE KEEP UP WITH SERIOUS
CYCLINGIST LIKE ADMIRAL DEMARCO.
ANYWAY, WHEN WE FINALLY GOT INTO
QUEBEC, WE GOT TO THE TOURIST
INFORMATION OFFICE LOOKING FOR
LODGING OPTIONS. THIS OBVIOUSLY
WAS BEFORE THE INTERNET, SOME OF
YOU ARE THINKING WHY DO WE NEED
TO GO TO THE TOURIST INFORMATION
OFFICE? SO WE LOOKED AT THE
NUMBER LIST, THE LADY THERE WAS
REALLY NICE. SHE SAID (SPEAKING
NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE) MOST OF
YOU DON'T KNOW FRENCH OR YOU
MIGHT KNOW FRENCH, TIM AND I
UNDERSTOOD THE FRENCH BUT WE
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LAST WORD.
IT WAS ACTUALLY FANCY. SO I
ACTUALLY TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY I
SAID TIM, WE HAVE BEEN ROUGHING
IT QUITE A BIT, WHY DON'T WE
SPLURGE AND NOT THE HOTEL BUT
MAYBE THE BEST WESTERN OR MAYBE
DAYS INN EVEN. TIM SAID NO, NO,
WE SHOULD REALLY CAMP AFTER WE
HAVE THAT LONG BIKE RIDE. NOW,
TIM HAS REALLY BEEN I THINK A
POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON ME PUSHING
ME TO PRACTICE PIANO LONGER, ON
BOOK RIDES LONGER BUT I WAS NOT
GOING TO HAVE HIM PUSH ME TO
HAVE MORE INSECT BITES AND NOT
GOOD SLEEP ESPECIALLY BEFORE THE
AIDS CONFERENCE. SO I PUT MY
FOOT DOWN AND SAID NO, WE'RE
GOING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE
BUDGET ACCOMMODATIONS SO WE WENT
AND LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF PLACES
AND EACH TIME TIM WOULD SAY THIS
IS A LITTLE BIT TOO EXPENSIVE OR
THIS IS A LITTLE TOO FANCY. AND
I KIND OF GOT TIRED SO I SAID
TIM, THE NEXT ONE ON THE LIST
WHY DON'T YOU GO AND PICK AND I
WILL WATCH THE BIKES AND THE
BIKE RAC. SO A LITTLE WHILE
LATER TIM COMES BACK AND SAYS
DALE, THIS IS THE PERFECT PLACE
COME TAKE A LOOK. I FOLLOWED
TIM, THIS OLD RED BUILDING I
CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT IT IS
BUT I DID KNOW THE PRICE. TIM
SAID THIS IS A FANTASTIC PLACE
AND IT IS $10 A NIGHT. NOW
REMEMBER THIS WAS 1989, AND SO
WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR WE SAW A
SMALL ROOM AND TIM REMEMBERS
THIS REALLY WELL, THE WINDOW WAS
OPEN, TO LET THE FRESH QUEBEC
AIR IN AND SOME OF THE FLIES
OUT. AND THERE WERE TWO TWIN
BEDS WITHOUT SHEETS OR PILLOWS.
AT THAT POINT I WAS THINKING
TIM, ARE THEY CHARGING YOU $10 A
NIGHT OR PER HOUR? ANYWAY, WE
SURVIVED BY PUTTING SLEEPING
BAGS ON TOP OF THE MATTRESSES
AND WE MADE IT DOWN TO MONTREAL
FOR AN INSPIRING AIDS CONFERENCE
CAPPING OFF THE GREAT MEMORABLE
TRIP. SO OVER THE YEARS WE KEPT
IN TOUCH DESPITE OFTEN BEING IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, WE
WERE BOTH BLESSD TO HAVE MARRIED
WONDERFUL WOMEN. TO HAVE WORKED
AT THE CDC AND THE NIH, AND
ESPECIALLY TO HAVE SERVED IN THE
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE WHICH WE
ARE VERY PROUD. SINCE SOME OF
YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT ME, WHEREVER
I GO I TRY TO RECRUIT GOOD
PEOPLE TO COME. AND AFTER I
JOINED NIAID I HEARD THAT THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION OF OAR
WAS AVAILABLE AND I LIKE A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE
IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF TIM,
SUPER SMART, DEDICATED, GLOBAL
VISION. ABOVE ALL I JUST WANT TO
RESTATE WHAT REALLY TRULY
DEFINES TIM IS HIS WILLINGNESS
TO HELP OTHERS BEYOND THE CALL
OF DUTY WHETHER VOLUNTEERING AT
SHELTERS STARTING ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE DOCTORS FOR GLOBAL HEALTH
ADVOCATING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, I
WANT TO CAP IT OFF HERE THAT TIM
IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE KNOWING
YOU AS A FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE.
AWARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY THE
BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP, YOUR
INCREDIBLE PUBLIC HEALTH
CONTRIBUTIONS, AND FOR TRULY
STRIVING TO MAKE THE WORLD A
BETTER PLACE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU DR. HU. NOW MY
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE REAR
ADMIRAL RETIRED PETER KILMARKS,
THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AT THE
NIH. HE IS AN EXPERT ON
RESEARCH, POLICY, AND PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION FOR HIV AIDS AND
OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
DURING HIS NINE YEAR TENURE AT
THE FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL
CENTER, FIRST AS DEPUTY AND
CURRENTLY AS ACTING DIRECTOR, HE
HAS LED ANALYSIS OF NIH GLOBAL
HEALTH INITIATIVES, BUILT
COALITIONS WITH HIGH LEVEL NIH
AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, AND
REPRESENTED NIH AND NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL FORMS. HE HAS
FOCUSED ON INCREASING EQUITY AND
GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND
BUILDING GLOBAL CAPACITY FOR
PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS. A RETIRED
REAR ADMIRAL AND ASSISTANT
SURGEON GENERAL IN THE UNITED
STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE,
DR. KILMARKS RECEIVED NUMEROUS
AWARDS INCLUDING THE UNITED
STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, THE
HIGHEST AWARD GRANTED TO CORPS
OFFICER. PLEASE WELCOME REAR
ADMIRAL KILMAR CAN,S.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M HONORED
TO BE INCLUDED TO OUR FRIEND AND
COLLEAGUE REAR ADMIRAL TIMOTHY
HOLTZ. TIM, FIRST
CONGRATULATIONS ON A BRILLIANT
CAREER WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE, FROM THE CDC MALARIA
BRANCH AS EIS OFFICER TO THE CDC
DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS
ELIMINATION, TO THAILAND, AND
INDIA, AND NIH OFFICE OF AIDS
RESEARCH IN BETHESDA. YOU HAVE A
REMARKABLE SUCK SEX OF
REMARKABLE SUCCESSION AND MADE
HUGE IMPACTS ON GLOBAL HEALTH,
PARTNERSHIPS AND THE MANY PEOPLE
YOU MENTORED AND LED. I
REMEMBER WHEN WE MET IN 2009, I
WAS CHIEF OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGY
BRANCH IN THE CDC DIVISION OF
HIV AIDS PREVENTION AND WE HAD A
FIELD RESEARCH STATION FOR HIV
PREVENTION IN THAILAND AND WE
WERE HIRING A NEW DIRECTORMENT I
WAS BASED IN THAILAND FROM
19962002, AND AS SELECTING
OFFICIAL AND SUPERVISOR, I HAD A
SPECIAL INTEREST IN ENSURING
THAT WE HAD JUST THE RIGHT
PERSON FOR THE JOB. TIM, I WAS
IMPRESSED WITH YOUR TECHNICAL
SKILLS, YOU WERE A GLOBAL
TUBERCULOSIS EXPERT, PUBLISHED
MANY SCIENTIFIC STUDIES. YOU HAD
A LOT OF EXPERIENCE SUPERVISING
CDC STAFF AND MENTORING CDC EIS
OFFICERS BUT I REMEMBER BEING
ESPECIALLY IMPRESSED BY YOUR
COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE.
YOU SPENT A YEAR AFTER YOUR
MEDICAL RESIDENCY CARING FOR
TIBETAN REFUGEES IN INDIA AND
EVEN PUBLISHED A BOOK ABOUT IT.
WOW, HERE WAS A GUY WHO
PUBLISHED A BOOK EARLY IN HIS
CAREER. YOU WERE AND ARE CLEARLY
A SPECIAL PERSON WITH EXPERTISE,
DEDICATION, AND COMMITMENT TO
SERVE HUMANITY. IT WAS A GREAT
HIRE. YOU DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB
DIRECTING THE CDC HIV RESEARCH
PROGRAM IN THAILAND UNDER YOUR
LEADERSHIP THE PROGRAM CONDUCTED
MULTIPLE WORLD CLASS RESEARCH
STUDIES INCLUDING HIV
PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS TRIALS,
THE PROGRAM GREW, IT DIVERSIFIED
AND TRULY BECAME A GLOBAL
RESEARCH CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
ESPECIALLY FOR MEN WHO HAVE SEX
WITH MEN AND OTHER MARGINALIZED
KEY POPULATIONS. THE MISSION OF
THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
IS TO PROTECT, PROMOTE AND
ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF
THE NATION AND I WOULD ADD BY
EXTENSIONS THE WORLD. THIS IS
AT ITS CORE A SOCIAL JUSTICE
MISSION AND BY PRIORITIZING
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES,
ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES,
ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES THAT
PROMOTE EQUITY, THE U.S. PHS
WORKS TO ENSURE THAT ALL
INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF
BACKGROUND OR CIRCUMSTANCE, HAVE
EQUAL ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES
AND SERVICES NECESSARY FOR
OPTIMAL HEALTH AND WELL BEING.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE IN
LOWER INCOME COUNTRIES WHERE TIM
AND MANY OF US HAVE MADE THE
FOCUS OF MOST OF OUR CAREERS AND
ESPECIALLY RELEVANT FOR DISEASES
THAT ARE ENDEMIC TO MARGINALIZED
POPULATIONS AND ARE STIGMATIZED
INCLUDING HIV AND TUBERCULOSIS,
TIM AND MANY OF US HAVE ALSO
FOCUSED. TIM, ON BEHALF OF
FOGARTY W ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR
YOUR ROLE AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
OFFICE OF AIDS RESEARCH, WE HAVE
BEEN PROUD TO PARTNER WITH OAR
IN PROGRAMS AROUND THE WORLD
THAT HAVE DIRECTLY LED TO NEW
INTERVENTIONS BENEFITING ALL
PEOPLE INFECTED AND AFFECTED BY
HIV. LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO GIVE
A SHOUT OUT TO YOUR WIFE AND
CHILDREN, THE FAMILY OF A
COMMISSION CORPS OFFICER WORKING
OVERSEAS HAS SPECIAL CHALLENGES
AS WELL AS SPECIAL
OPPORTUNITIES. MY SON'S NOW AGES
30 AND 26. ONE HAD A BIRTHDAY,
31 AND ALMOST 27. THEY GREW UP
IN THAILAND BOTSWANA AND
ZIMBABWE, SURE LIKE YOU FELL
THEMSELVES GLOBAL CITIZENS AND
HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE STRENGTHS
AND SPECIAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE
WORLD. TIM, WELL DONE. KEEP IN
TOUCH. WE WASH YOU FAIR WINDS
AND FOLLOWING SEAS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, DR. KILMARKS. IT
IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
REAR ADMIRAL RETIRED, WEIRD TO
SAY THAT, THE RETIRED PART.
MICHAEL HE RETIRED FROM THE
UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE AND FROM FEDERAL SERVICE
THIS YEAR ON LEAP DAY. HE IS AN
ACCOMPLISHED PHYSICIAN SCIENTIST
AND PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTITIONER
IN HIS ROLE HE SERVED AS THE
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
HEALTH FOR SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
IN THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF HEALTH. IN THAT
ROLE HIS PRIORITY WAS TO BRING
TOGETHER COMPONENTS OF PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE TO OPTIMIZE THE
USE OF SCIENCE TO DRIVE HEALTH
POLICY. ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT
THROUGH FACILITATING
COLLABORATION. DURING HIS 25
YEAR CAREER IN THE COMMISSION
CORPS, HE SERVED IN SIX
POSITIONS AT THE CDC, THE HHS
OFFICE OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS, AND
FINISHED IN IN THE OFFICE OF THE
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF HEALTH.
AS A PULMONOLOGIST BY TRAINING
HIS ROOTS ARE IN TUBERCULOSIS
CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL
HEALTH. HIS TWO BEST EXPERIENCES
WERE SERVING AS THE HEALTH
ATACHE MISSION OF VIETNAM AND
BRANCH CHIEF OF CTC NATIONAL
TUBERCULOSIS LABORATORY.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER HE ENJOYED
CONTRIBUTING TO THE
ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH OF THE
GROUPS HE HAS LED. RETIRED REAR
ADMIRAL AND ASSISTANT SURGEON
GENERAL OF THE U.S. PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE HE IS RECIPIENT
OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
MEDAL AND THE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH EXEMPLARY
SERVICE -- ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR HEALTH EXEMPLARY SERVICE
MEDAL. PLEASE WELCOME REAR
ADMIRAL RETIRED (INDISCERNIBLE)
[APPLAUSE]
>> OKAY. THANK YOU, VERY MUCH,
IT IS A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE
HERE, LEAP DAY WAS A GREAT DAY
AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED. THE LAST
TIME I WAS IN THIS YOU HER MY
CAREER MOSTLY AT THE CDC JUST
RECENTLY TO WASHINGTON, THE LAST
TIME I WAS IN THIS BUILDING THIS
ROOM ACTUALLY, WAS MAY OF 1986.
A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN
THE ROOM TO MY NIH COLLEAGUES
EXCEPT THE STAGE. I WAS HERE IN
MEDICAL SCHOOL EXTERNSHIP SO
LOVELY TO B TO BE BACK AN GREAT
HONOR HERE TO SPEAK AT TIM'S
RETIREMENT CEREMONY. FIRST A
POINT OF EDUCATION TO PEOPLE
THAT MAY BE OUR GUESTS. ABOUT WE
KEEP THROWING AROUND TWO THINGS.
ONE IS THE COMMISSION CORPS OF
THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. THAT
IS ALL OF US IN UNIFORMS OR
OTHERWISE UNDER THE SURGEON
GENERAL AND THE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH BUT THE
OTHER WORD WE KEEP THROWING
AROUND IS PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.
THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE IS LARGER GROUP
OF CIVILIANS FELLOWS, STUDENTS
THAT COMPRISES MOST OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES. AND THE COMMISSION
CORPS IS INDEBTED IN THAT
OPERATION. SO IT IS REALLY NOT
JUST THOSE OF US IN UNIFORM WHO
ARE SERVING BUT ALL OUR CIVILIAN
COLLEAGUES. AND MANY DIFFERENT
WAYS. FIRST THING IS GOING I
THINK I'M EITHER THE FOURTH OR
FIFTH SPEAKER SO LIKE DALE SAID
I HAD TO DIG DEEPER TO TRY TO
REFLECT OTHER THINGS ABOUT TIM'S
CAREER AND THE CELEBRATION.
FIRST IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
COMMERCIAL, BOTH DALE, PETER AN
MYSELF MAYBE I'M MISSING
SOMEONE, INCLUDING TIM, SPENT A
LOT OF OUR TIME AT CDC. SO ONE
OF THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING IN A
COMMISSION CORPS OFFICER IS WE
CAN EASILY MOVE THROUGHOUT THE
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AND INDEED
THROUGHOUT THE GOVERNMENT. SO
THE FOUR OF US ACTUALLY HAVE
SPENT TIME AT CDC AND IN
WASHINGTON AND OTHER PARTS OF
THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. ONE
OF THE PRIOR SPEAKERS MENTIONED
THE EIS, THE EPIDEMIC
INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AND INDEED
THAT IS WHERE I MET TIM IN 1999.
AND I TEXTED HIM THE OTHER DAY
TO SEE IF HE REMEMBERED MEETING
ME AT THE EPIDEMIC INTELLIGENCE
SERVICE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND HE
SAID NO. WHICH IS OKAY. BECAUSE
MY JOB AT THAT TIME I WAS IN THE
DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS
ELIMINATION, AND THIS TWO YEAR
FELLOWSHIP IS REALLY THE LIFE
BLOOD OF RECRUITING
PROFESSIONALS INTO CDC, IT IS A
FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY TRAINING
PROGRAM AND AS WE HAVE HEARD
THROUGH TIM'S -- AS PEOPLE
REPEATED HIS CAREER MOVES, HE'S
HAD MULTIPLE CALL POST GRADUATE
FELLOWSHIPS SO THIS WAS JUST
ANOTHER ONE. IN FIELD
EPIDEMIOLOGY. IT IS VERY, VERY
COMPETITIVE. IN THE EARLY DAYS
OF AFTER WORLD WAR II IT WAS
REALLY THE FIRST TRULY
INTELLIGENCE OPERATION LOOKING
AT VIRAL LOGICAL THREATS AS WE
ENTERED THE COLD WAR. IT QUICKLY
TRANSFORMED TO THE SUPPLY ENGINE
OF STATE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, BOTH
THE ADVENT OF MORE SCHOOLS OF
PUBLIC HEALTH, IT ACTUALLY
BECAME, ITS PRIMARY FUNCTION NOW
ABOUT 70% GRADUATES STAY AND
WORK AT CDC BUT OFTEN GO
ELSEWHERE. SO IT IS VERY
COMPETITIVE. AFTER YOU ARE
SELECTED IN THIS PROGRAM, YOU
THEN VISIT DURING THIS ANNUAL
CONFERENCE AND WHAT YOUR JOB IS
EVEN THOUGH IT IS A GREAT
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE, THE
APPLICANTS WHO HAVE BEEN
SELECTED RUN AROUND, THERE'S 50
TO 70 OF THEM, AND THEY RUN
AROUND AND THEY MEET WITH ABOUT
100 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THERE'S
THIS MATCH GOING ON. THE
OFFICERS GET TO RANK YOU AND YOU
GET TO RANK THEM. WE HAVE THE
FRONT LINE PEOPLE WHO ARE
RECRUITING BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE
BACK LINE PEOPLE WHO ARE SORT OF
WATCHING. AT THE END OF THIS
WEEK EVERYTHING GOES INTO A
COMPUTER, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AND
PEOPLE GET MATCHED. SO I
REMEMBER -- I WAS IN THE BACK
LINE WATCHING ALL THESE RED
BADGES SO THINK ABOUT TIM
WEARING THIS BIG BRIGHT RED
BATCHER, IT IS A FORM OF PRO--
BADGE, IT IS A FORM OF PROFILING
SO WE CAN SPOT WHO IS BEING
RECRUITED FOR THESE POSITIONS.
EVERY YEAR I DO ONE OF THESE BUT
I CAN REMEMBER TIM VERY CLEARLY
IN THIS EVENT. I REMEMBER HIM AS
HAVING EXTREMELY HIGH ENERGY,
BUZZING AROUND LIKE A BEE,
EVERYONE IS TRYING TO BE CALM
AND TIM IS THIS GUY WITH THIS
BIG RED BADGE BUZZING AROUND. HE
WAS OBSESSIVELY INTERESTED IN
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH. AND
THERE'S ABOUT 50 TO 70 OFFICERS
DEPENDING ON THE YEAR, THERE IS
ABOUT A HUNDRED PROGRAMS, AND
YOU CAN'T JUST BE INTERESTED IN
ONE THING OR YOU MIGHT NOT
MATCH. THERE'S VERY FEW
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, TB HIV,
MALARIA AND I THINK REFUGEE
HEALTH I THINK WAS THE LIST. SO
ACTUALLY I WAS WORRIED ALONG
WITH A FEW OTHER PEOPLE THAT TIM
YOU GOT TO DIVERSIFY YOUR
INTERESTS HERE. BUT AT THE END
OF THE DAY, TO TIM'S CREDIT, HE
ENDED UP IN MALARIA AND THE REST
IS HISTORY. SO I RELATE THAT ONE
ANECDOTE SO HE DID IT DESPITE US
AND THE SYSTEM. ONE OF THE OTHER
VALUES IN THE COMMISSION CORPS,
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE
COMMISSION CORPS IS MOW BUILT.
AND THE OLD -- MOBILITY. IN THE
OLD DAYS TESTIFY A STRONG
REQUIREMENT, YOU PHYSICALLY
GEOGRAPHICALLY HAD TO MOVE FROM
PLACES, THE INDIAN HEALTH
SERVICE MIGHT BE THE MOST
CLASSIC OF THAT, MOVING FROM
CLINICAL WORK AND RESERVATION TO
RESERVATION WHICH IS STILL TRUE
TODAY. BUT OVER TIME THE
INTERPRETATION OF MOBILITY HAS
INCLUDED ALSO PROGRAMMATIC
MOBILITY. SO IF YOU WORK IN ONE
SUBJECT YOU CAN WORK IN ANOTHER
SUBJECT. SO THESE ARE THE TWO
ASPECTS OF MOBILITY. YOU HAVE
HEARD A LOT ABOUT TIM'S CAREER
AND WHERE HE WORKED AND BLAH
BLAH BLAH. I'M GOING TO PUT A
LENS ON IT SAYING TIM LIKES TO
MOVE. HE WAS BORN IN CHICAGO,
GREW UP IN IOWA, WENT TO COLLEGE
IN MINNESOTA, GOT HIS MPH IN
BALTIMORE, WENT BACK TO IOWA FOR
MEDICAL SCHOOL, WAS A RESIDENT
IN BOSTON. DID A FELLOWSHIP IN
INDIA. MOVED TO ATLANTA FOR EIS,
THEN BACK -- NOT BACK, THEN TO
NEW YORK CITY FOR PREVENTIVE
MEDICINE. THEN TOOK JOBS IN
ATLANTA, BANGKOK, INDIA, AND
THEN WASHINGTON. I'M POSITIVE I
STILL DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT. BUT I
MAY HAVE MISSED ONE OR TWO. THAT
STRING LEAVES OUT DETOURS TO
MOSCOW, AND IF I ADD IN LONG
TERM STAYS LIKE NOT JUST A WEEK
OR TWO FOR A TRIP OR SOMETHING,
THE LIST WOULD GET EVEN LONGER.
SO IN COLLEGE THERE WAS EGYPT,
INDIA, TAIWAN AND JAPAN. IN
MEDICAL SCHOOL PAKISTAN AND
NEPAL. LIKE I SAID, I'M SURE I
LEFT SOME THINGS OUT. IN THE
COMMISSION CORPS WITH THESE
RIBBONS WE WEAR, ONE OF THEM I
THINK -- SOMEONE MENTIONED THE
FOREIGN DUTY AWARD. SO IF YOU
SPEND 30 DAYS IN ONE PLACE OR 90
INTERRUPTED PLACE IN ONE PLACE
ON ONE MISSION YOU GET ONE OF
THESE. I THOUGHT I HAD A LOT OF
THOSE. I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY
PETER HAS BUT TIM HAS 13. I HAVE
NEVER HEARD OF ANYBODY HAVING
13. I'M SURE YOU EVENTUALLY GET
TIRED OF FILLING OUT THE FORMS
AND PAPERWORK SO NOT SURE MAYBE
YOU CLAIMED ALL OF THEM. SO BE
BEING THE FOURTH SPEAKER I'M
LIKE I HAVE TO DIG DEEPER HERE.
SO I LOOK LOOKED AT HIS CV. ALWS
ASSUMED TIM WAS A TRAINED
INFECTIOUS DISEASE PHYSICIAN.
SO I'M LOOKING AT HIS CV AND I'M
LIKE I CAN'T FIND IT. I KNEW HE
HAD DONE A FELLOWSHIP AFTER
RESIDENCY. AT CDC WE HAVE TOO
MANY INFECTIOUS DISEASE
POSITIONS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
IS LIKE AT THE NIH. AS A
PULMONOLOGIST YOU HAVE YOUR EYE
ON THESE ID GUYS. I'M THINKING
TB, HIV, MALARIA, SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THE CV? BUT NO I
FINALLY DISCOVER THERE THAT HE
DID HIS FELLOWSHIP IN A CLINICAL
FELLOWSHIP IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND
MEDICINE, WHICH HAS BEEN
MENTIONED. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF
THAT BUT IT ALL FIT TOGETHER.
AND IT EXPLAINS THE SERIOUSNESS
AND INTENSITY WITH WHICH TIM
APPROACHES HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE
SPHERE OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC
HEALTH. SO PEOPLE MENTIONED HIS
BOOKS, HIS BOOK, THERE MAYBE
MORE THAN ONE BOOK, NOT CLEAR,
MORE THAN ONE. PEOPLE MENTIONED
THE ONE BOOK. WHAT I LIKED ABOUT
THE ONE BOOK WITHOUT MENTIONING
IT AGAIN, IS THAT IT WAS
PUBLISHED BY DOG EAR PUBLY
CASESS. -- PUBLICATIONS. WE NED
TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT, SURE
THERE IS A STORY THERE. SO I
WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT, IT IS HAS
BEEN A GREAT HONOR, THANKS FOR
INVITING ME, TIM, THE POINTS --
MANY POINTS THE PRIOR SPEAKERS
MADE ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE FAMILY
AND LIVING OVERSEAS, ET CETERA.
SO THANK YOU. FOR THE
INVITATION. CONGRATULATIONS.
LOVELY TO JOIN YOU ON THIS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOT
EVERYBODY GETS THAT. BUT THAT IS
OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NOW MY
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE DR. LISA
ADAM WHOSE WILL BE PRESENTING A
RECORDING.
>> GREETINGS. I'M DELIGHTED TO
JOIN EVERYONE VIRTUALLY AS WE
PAY TRIBUTE TO MY FRIEND REAR
ADMIRAL TIMOTHY HOLTZ ON THE
OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM
THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. TIM
IS CERTAINLY HAD A DISTINGUISHED
CAREER WITH THE U.S. CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
A CAREER THAT HAS BEEN DEFINED
BY UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO
IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELL
BEING OF INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE
WORLD. TIM'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AND IMPACT IS IMMEDIATELY
EVIDENT FROM EVEN A QUICK GLANCE
AT HIS 57 PAGE CV WHICH LISTS AS
MANY SENIOR ROLES AND TITLES,
HIS HUNDREDS OF PEER REVIEW
PUBLICATIONS, ABSTRACT, BOOKS AN
BOOK CHAPTERS AND DOZENS OF
INVITED INTERNATIONAL AND
NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS. HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GLOBAL
HEALTH DIPLOMACY INFECTIOUS
DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC HEALTH
POLICY AND PRACTICE BOTH
DOMESTICALLY AND
INTERNATIONALLY. I THINK THOSE
ARE THE ASPECTS OF TIM'S
PROFESSIONAL LIFE THAT MANY IN
THIS AUDIENCE ARE ALREADY AWARE
OF. THE OTHER SPEAKERS TODAY
WILL LIKELY HIGHLIGHT. SO I WANT
TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT IS BEHIND
THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. TIM'S
CORE VALUES. AND WHAT HAS BEEN
OUR FOUNDATIONAL FRIENDSHIP BOND
OVER THE YEARS. AND THAT IS HIS
COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE.
TIM AND I GO WAY BACK HAVING MET
IN EARLY 1990s DURING
RESIDENCY AT CAMBRIDGE CITY
HOSPITAL IN CAMBRIDGE MASS, A
PRIMARY CARE FOCUSED INSTITUTION
HARVARD'S BEST KEPT SECRET AMONG
HIGH PROFILE AFFILIATED
HOSPITALS. THE HOSPITAL HAD A
CLEAR IMAGE TO SERVE A
MULTI-CULTURAL IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITY. IT DREW A GROUP OF
DIE HARD LEFT LEANING RESIDENTS
AN TIM WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF
THOSE. TIM AND I GOT TO KNOW
EACH OTHER ONE NIGHT ON CALL
WHEN IN THE WEE HOURS AS WE
FINISHED ADMITTING A PATIENT TO
THE WARDS WE STARTED TALKING
POLITICS AND I IMMEDIATELY FELT
A KIN DREAD SPIRIT. ONLY MORE SO
AS I LEARNED ABOUT HIS WORK ON
HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND
THINGS LIKE HIS STUDY OF THE
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VIOLENCE IN
SOUTH AFRICA. WE FOUND OURSELVES
AT PHYSICIANS FOR NATIONAL
HEALTH PLAN MEETINGS TRAVELING
TO VERMONT TO ATTEND A BREAD AND
PUPPET FESTIVAL AND A SHARED
LOVE OF INTERNATIONAL MUSIC
PERFORMERS. I FOLLOWED HIM TO
WORK IN THE SAME FEDERALLY
QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE CENTER IN
BOSTON AND HE LATER JOINED ME
FOR A YEAR AT THE NEW YORK CITY
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. OVER THE
DECADES SINCE THAT FIRST LATE
NIGHT DISCUSSION ABOUT HUMAN
HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND WHAT
MATTERS MOST TO US, WE HAD
HUNDREDS OR EVEN THOUSANDS OF
HOURS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE
CRITICAL POLITICAL ISSUES OF THE
DAY, OUR QUESTIONS AND STRUGGLES
WITH CONSISTENTLY STAYING TRUE
TO OUR CORE VALUES. STILL NOT A
VEGETARIAN YET, ARE YOU TIM? BUT
THAT ASIDE, TIM REMAINED A
STEADFAST ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS AND HEALTH FOR ALL. HE
WAS FIGHTING FOR HEALTHCARE AS A
RIGHT NOT A PRIVILEGE BEFORE
CURRENT EVENTS IN OUR COUNTRY
SHINED A LIGHT ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION
AND BELONGING. TIM YOU HAVE
ALWAYS CHAMPIONED THE CAUSE OF
HEALTH EQUITY. YOUR PROFESSIONAL
JOURNEY AS A TESTAMENT TO THE
POWER OF PASSION, PERSEVERANCE
AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE
PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND
EQUITY. SO TIM, AS YOU EMBARK ON
THE NEXT PHASE OF YOUR
PROFESSIONAL LIFE I KNOW YOU
WILL KEEP YOUR COMMITMENT TO
HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS AS YOUR
NORTH STAR. CONGRATULATIONS ON
YOUR REMARKABLE CAREER, TIM. AND
MAY YOUR NEXT CHAPTER BE AS
ENRICHING AND REWARDING AS ONE
YOU ARE LEAVING BEHIND.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AFTER (INDISCERNIBLE)
PRESENTATION IT'S BROUGHT TO MY
ATTENTION THAT REAR ADMIRAL
HOLTZ EXHAS EXTRA FREQUENT FLYER
MILES IF ANYBODY NEEDS EXTRA
MILES PLEASE TALK TO ADMIRAL
HOLTZ AT THE END OF THE
CEREMONY. NOW MY PLEASURE TO
INTRODUCE DR. (INDISCERNIBLE)
WHO WILL ALSO BE PRESENTING A
RECORDING.
>> HI, EVERYONE. I'M
(INDISCERNIBLE) FORMER DEPUTY
DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR HEALTH IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN
SOUTH AFRICA. CURRENTLY DIRECTOR
FOR TB HIV DELIVERY AT THE GATES
FOUNDATION. I WANTED TO TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER MY
SINCEREST CONGRATULATIONS ON THE
COMPLETION OF THIS PHASE OF YOUR
REMARKABLE CAREER. I HAVE KNOWN
REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ SINCE OUR
TIME AT GRAD SCHOOL AT HOPKINS
MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO. AND GREW
TO KNEW HIM BETTER AS WE
COLLABORATED ON OUR
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND MORE
RECENTLY THE TEXTBOOK OF GLOBAL
HEALTH PUBLISHED UNIVERSITY
PRESS. THESE TEXTS ARE USED IN
SCHOOLS PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD. TIM IS SOCIALLY
CONSCIOUS AN CARES DEEPLY ABOUT
THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE WORLD
REFLECTED THE HIS CAREER AND HIS
PERSONAL LIFE. HE IS A
THOUGHTFUL INTELLECTUAL WHO HAS
NOT LOST HIS COMPASSION FOR
REGULAR FOLK. PROFESSIONALLY I
GREW TO APPRECIATE TIM AS LEADER
FROM CDC'S INTERNATIONAL TB
RESEARCHER AND PROGRAMS BRANCH,
PART OF THE DIVISION OF TB
ELIMINATION FROM 2002 TO 2009.
WHILE I WAS THE DDG DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH IN SOUTH AFRICA. TIM
HAD RESPONSIBLE FOR CDC GLOBAL
OPERATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM,
AND EVALUATION ON TB AND WAS THE
CHIEF TECHNICAL CONSULTANT ON
INTERNATIONAL DRUG RESISTANT TB
RESEARCH PRIORITIES. THIS WAS
WHEN YOU FIRST NOTED THE RAPID
RISE OF DRUG RESISTANT TB IN
SOUTH AFRICA. HE PROVIDED
VALUABLE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
THE NATIONAL TB PROGRAM TO
IMPROVE NATIONAL CAPACITY TO
CONDUCT OPERATIONAL RESEARCH FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AS WELL
AS THE SOUTH. DNA MEDICAL
RESEARCH RESPONSE TEAM. HE WAS A
PIONEER IN EVALUATION OF REASONS
FOR TREATMENT AND IMPROVE TB HIV
OPERATIONS RESEARCH CAPACITY. OF
THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL TB
PROGRAM. TIM ALSO WORKED WITH
THE WHO ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS
RELATED TO TB AS WELL AS THE
STOP TB GREEN LIGHT COMMITTEE.
TIM'S GLOBAL WORK HE WAS AWARDED
THE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL FOR HIS
WORK ON MDR TB SOUTH AFRICA, AS
WELL AS OUTSTANDING SERVICE FOR
HIS DIS TB WELCOME THE BALTICS
AND GLOBALLY. REAR ADMIRAL, I'M
HONORED TO CALL YOU MY FRIEND.
YOU ARE INNOVATOR AND LEADER. IT
WAS INEVITABLE YOU WOULD LEAVE
GOVERNMENT SERVICE ONE DAY AS I
DID, I WISH YOU WELL IN THE NEXT
PHASE OF YOUR STELLAR CAREER AND
HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE
UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS BOTH IN
THE U.S. AND ABROAD AS YOU GO
FORWARD
[APPLAUSE]
>> IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO
INTRODUCE OUR LAST SPEAKER AND
AMBASSADOR, (INDISCERNIBLE)
CARLSON, AMBASSADOR TO REPUBLIC
OF PHILIPPINES WILL ALSO PRESENT
A RECORDING. I WANT TO GIVE A
LITTLE HISTORY, AMBASSADOR WAS
NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON
FEBRUARY 4, 2022 AS THE
AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND
PLENTY POTENTIAR TO REPUBLIC OF
PHILIPPINES CONFIRMED BY THE
UNITED STATES SENATE ON MAY 5,
2022, SHE IS CAREER MEMBER OF
THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE WITH
THE RANK OF MINISTER COUNSELOR.
SHE PREVIOUS THROUGH SERVED AS
DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION AND
CHARGED AFFAIR AT U.S. EMBASSY
IN ARGENTINA. PRIOR TO HER
ASSIGNMENT TO ARGENTINA, SHE
SERVED AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF
MISSION AND CHARGED AFFAIR IN
NEW DEHLI INDIA, WHERE SHE
WORKED WITH THE CDC AND U.S. AID
ON IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S
EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF.
SHE HELD POSITION OF PRINCIPLE
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR
THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN
WASHINGTON D.C., A FOREIGN
SERVICE OFFICER SINCE 1985, SHE
SERVED AT U.S. DIPLOMATIC
MISSIONS IN CHINA TWICE,
UKRAINE, HONG KONG, KENYA, AND
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. HER
DOMESTIC EYE SIGN.
S INCLUDE DIRECTOR OF EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY STAFF AND DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF KOREAN AFFAIRS. A
NATIVE OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS,
SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF
ARTS DEGREE IN SPANISH, AND
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FROM
RHODES COLLEGE IN MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE. SHE HOLDS MASTERS
DEGREES FROM GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY, IN INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS AND THE NATIONAL WAR
COLLEGE, IN IN NATIONAL SECURITY
STUDIES, SHE'S MARRIED TO
RETIRED FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER
CARLSON AND THEY HAVE TWO
DAUGHTERS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, TIM. ON
COMPLETING THIS PHASE OF YOUR
REMARKABLE CAREER. IT WAS MY
HONOR DURING THE TIME WE SERVED
TOGETHER IN INDIA TO SEE YOUR
DEVOTION TO DUTY AS YOU SOUGHT
TO SAVE LIVES AND IMPROVE
LIVELIHOODS. IT WAS A PLEASURE
TO SHARE SOME OF YOUR JOURNEY
WITH YOU. I WORKED WITH REAR
ADMIRAL HOLTZ WHEN HE WAS THE
DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF
GLOBAL HIV AND TB IN CDC'S INDIA
COUNTRY OFFICE. FOR SIX MONTHS
FROM JANUARY TO JUNE IN 2019 HE
WAS DOUBLE HAT TAKING ON ROLE OF
ACTING CDC COUNTRY DIRECT DIREC.
FOSTERED A POSITIVE WORK
ENVIRONMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE
AGENCIES, STRIVING TO COMBAT HIV
AIDS TO THE PRESIDENT'S
EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF
PROGRAM. BETTER KNOWN AS PEP
FAR. HE AND COLLEAGUES WERE
DILIGENTLY ON THE COMPLEX PEP
FAR COUNTRY OPERATIONAL PLAN.
GUIDING IT THROUGH DEVELOPMENT
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CDC
PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
TIM ENGAGED THE INDIA NATIONAL
AIDS CONTROL ORGANIZATION IN THE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND OTHER
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS, TO CONTROL
THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN INIA. WHICH
AT THE TIME HAD THE THIRD
LARGEST HIV BURDEN GLOBALLY.
TIM INITIATED HIGH LEVEL POLICY
DISCUSSIONS TO TREAT ALL PERSONS
WITH HIV AND SUCCEEDED IN
GETTING THIS POLICY IMPROVED
WITHIN SIX MONTHS. HE AND HIS
TEAM EFFECTIVELY LOBBIED TO
RAPIDLY SCALE UP ANTI-RETROVIRAL
TREATMENT. THEY IMPLEMENTED A
SURGE MODEL FOR ANTI-RETROVIRAL
TREATMENT IN TWO INDIAN STATES
TO TRACE AND CONTACT PERSONS
LIVING WITH HIV BUT NOT YET ON
TREATMENT TO IMMEDIATELY
INITIATE THEM ON ANTI-RETROVIRAL
TREATMENT. IN THESE TWO STATES,
AMONG MORE THAN 25,000 PERSONS
WITH HIV IDENTIFIED NOT ON
TREATMENT YET, NEARLY 10,000
INITIATED HIV TREATMENT WITHIN
ONE YEAR OF THE TREAT ALL
POLICY. THE HEALTH MINISTRY THEN
EXPANDED THE SEARCH MODEL IN ALL
29 STATES IN INIA. REAR ADMIRAL
HOLTZ SAVED LIVES. TIM YOUR
LEADERSHIP OF CDC'S PROGRAM
ALLOWED FOR THE THE RAPID
EXPANSION OF HIV TREATMENT
SERVICES AND THE ROLE-OUT OF
INNOVATIVE HIV PREVENTION MODELS
IN KEY POPULOUS INDIAN STATES.
PLEASE ENJOY YOUR WELL EARNED
RETIREMENT. CONGRATULATIONS
AGAIN ON YOUR MEANINGFUL AND
IMPACTFUL CAREER. I KNOW I JOIN
MANY IN EXPRESSING GRATITUDE FOR
YOUR 24 YEARS OF SERVICE IN
PUBLIC HEALTH. I WISH YOU THE
VERY, VERY BEST.
[APPLAUSE]
OOH
>> INKS THAT TO THANK THE
SPEAKERS HERE TODAY AS WELL AS
THE RECORDINGS. IT IS NOW MY
DISTINGUISHED PLEASURE TO
INTRODUCE CAPTAIN BRIAN LEWIS
RETIRED, CAPTAIN MICHAEL
(INDISCERNIBLE) NOT RETIRED AND
DR. GEORGE VAN HARE WHO WILL
SING A SONG FOR THE HOLTZ FAMILY
WITH LOVE AND APPRECIATION.
♪ WHEN YOU LOOK INTO MY EYES
AND YOU SEE THE CRAZY GYPSY IN
MY SOUL ♪
♪ IT ALWAYS COMES AS A SURPRISE
♪
WHEN I FEEL MY WITHERED ROOTS
BEGIN TO GROW ♪
♪ WELL, I NEVER HAD A PLACE
THAT I COULD CALL MY VERY OWN ♪
♪ BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MY
LOVE, BECAUSE YOU'RE MY HOME ♪
♪ WHEN YOU TOUCH MY WEARY HEAD
AND YOU TELL ME EVERYTHING WILL
BE ALL RIGHT ♪
♪ YOU SAY USE MY BODY FOR MY
BED AND MY LOVE WILL KEEP YOU
WARM THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ♪
MUCK
♪ WELL, I'LL NEVER BE A STRANGER
AND I WILL NEVER BE ALONE,
WHEREVER WE'RE TOGETHER THAT'S
MY HOME ♪
♪ HOME CAN BE THE PENNSYLVANIA
TURNPIKE ♪
♪ INDIANA EARLY MORNING DEW ♪
♪ HIGH UP IN THE HILLS OF
CALIFORNIA ♪
♪ HOME IS JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR
YOU ♪
♪
♪ WELL, I'LL NEVER BE A
STRANGER AND I'LL NEVER BE ALONE
MUCK
♪
ALONE, ♪ WHENEVER WE'RE
TOGETHER THAT'S MY HOME ♪
♪ IF I TRAVEL ALL MY LIFE AND
I'LL NEVER GET TO STOP AND
SETTLE DOWN ♪
♪ LONG AS I HAVE YOU BY MY SIDE
♪
♪ THERE'S A ROOF ABOVE AND GOOD
WALLS ALL AROUND ♪ YOU ARE MY
CASTLE MY INSTANT PLEASURE DOME,
I NEED YOU IN MY HOUSE BECAUSE
YOU'RE MY HOME ♪
♪ YOU'RE MY HOME ♪
[APPLAUSE]
>> WONDERFUL JOB. SO BEFORE WE
RECEIVE REMARKS FROM OUR GUEST
OF HONOR, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO WELCOME DR.
(INDISCERNIBLE) UP TO THE STAGE
FOR A SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF
THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS. I
UNDERSTAND THEY LOVE TO BE ON
THE STAGE AND THEY LOVE THE
LIMELIGHT SO THIS IS JUST GREAT
COME ON UP.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I'M GOING TO READ WHAT THIS
AWARD SAYS. SO ALL 3, YOU WILL
GET YOURS. ARE RECEIVING THIS
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO
IT SAYS NIKITA (PHONETIC) HERE
BUT HAS EARNED GRATEFUL
APPRECIATION FOR THEIR OWN
UNSELFISH FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED
SERVICE ON THE OCCASION OF THE
RETIREMENT OF THEIR PARENT FROM
ACTIVE STATUS WITH THE UNITED
STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE,
THEIR UNFAILING SUPPORT AND
UNDERSTANDING HELP TO MAKE
POSSIBLE THE OFFICERS LASTING
CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATION. IT
IS SIGNED BY VIVEK MURTHY,
UNITED STATES SURGEON GENERAL.
CONGRATULATIONS
>> OKAY. ONE MORE THING BEFORE
WE GO TO THE PRESENTATION, WE
HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO
OUR GUESTS. THERE WE GO.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. DISTINGUISHED
GUEST, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. MY
NAME IS COMMANDER
(INDISCERNIBLE) I'M THE D.C.
CEREMONIAL BAND CO-LEAD. I HAVE
THE PLEASURE ALONG WITH CAPTAIN
MICHAEL (INDISCERNIBLE) MUSIC
ENSEMBLE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND
COMMANDER MARTIN WHO IS THE
HEADQUARTERS D.C. CHORAL
DIRECTOR, WE WANT TO THANK YOU
ADMIRAL HOLTZ ON BEHALF OF THE
ENTIRE UNITED STATES PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE COMMISSION CORPS
MUSIC ENSEMBLE FOR YOUR MANY
YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SUPPORT.
I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN IN AWE OF
ADMIRAL HOLTZ, HE IS A
PHENOMENAL TRUMPETEER AND I LOVE
HIS PASSION FOR MUSIC. HE IS
EXTREMELY FRIENDLY, CARING AND
KIND AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK
YOU, SIR, FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF
DEDICATION AND GIVING OF YOUR
TALENTS TO THE BAND AND THE
MUSIC ENSEMBLE AS A WHOLE. TO
YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, WE THANK
YOU FOR SHARING HIM WITH US.
HE'S PART OF OUR MUSICAL FAMILY
FOREVER. WE LOVE YOU ADMIRAL
HOLTZ. AND TO SHOW OUR
APPRECIATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO
GIVE YOU THESE FLOWERS, MAY YOUR
RETIREMENT JUST CONTINUE TO
BLOOM AND KNOW THAT WE LOVE YOU
MANY BLESSINGS TO YOU SIR AND
YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
ADMIRAL HOLTZ, WE JUST WANT THE
THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE
CHORAL SIDE AS A FELLOW EIS
OFFICER, I PERSONALLY FOLLOWED
YOUR CAREER WITH PASSION FOR
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDERSERVED
BUT MOREOVER WE HAVE THE WATCH
SIR WITH REGARDS TO MAKING SURE
THAT AS YOU DID, WE CONTINUE TO
INSPIRE MUSICIANS TO USE THE
HEALING POWER OF MUSIC. THANK
YOU, VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
>> SO FINALLY, WE GET AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THIS
GREAT MAN AND GREAT OFFICER IN
THE PODIUM IS NOW OFFICIALLY
HIS, ALTHOUGH I DO UNDERSTAND WE
HAVE TO BE OUT OF THIS ROOM BY 4
P.M. SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO LIMIT
YOUR COMMENTS TO TWO HOURS OR
LESS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, REAR
ADMIRAL CHILDS. I FIRST LIKE
AGAIN TO RECOGNIZE THE PHS MUSIC
ENSEMBLE THE BAND AND CHOIR,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
>> IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME FOR
YOU TO BE HERE. AND I APOLOGIZE
FOR GOING OVER. I RECOGNIZE YOU
HAVE REGULAR JOBS. I'M SORRY WE
ARE GOING TO BIT LATE BUT I
APPRECIATE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO PLAY WITH YOU IN
THE FUTURE. TODAY IS BOLDER
WATER DAY, LIKE THE TAKE A
MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE 2
BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO
DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO FRESH
CLEAN PALATABLE WATER AND ALSO A
MOMENT FOR THOSE LOCKED INTO
WHAT SEEM LIKE INSURMOUNTABLE
HUMANITARIAN CRISES. LET'S TAKE
A MOMENT. THANK YOU. I'M GOING
TO TRY TO READ THIS VERY
QUICKLY, I WORKED ON THESE
REMARKS FOR WEEKS AND I REALIZE
IT IS RUNNING LATE, I APPRECIATE
EVERYBODY'S STAYING. IF YOU DO
HAVE TO LEAVE PLEASE GRAB SOME
FOOD IN THE TERRACE. FOOD IS
IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE I'M FROM
A FARMING FAMILY. MEDIUM SIZE
TOWN IN IOWA. NOT FAR FROM WHERE
MY MOTHER AND HER PARENTS GREW
UP ON FAMILY FARM, IT IS A PLACE
OF SUMMER CAMPS ON LAKES, BOY
SCOUTS MUSIC THROUGHOUT MY
ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL LIFE,
HOLIDAYS WITH GRANDS PARENTS OR
NOT FARM, SUBURBS IN CHICAGO,
CORN IN THE FIELDS WORKING WITH
MY DAD IN PROCESSING PLAN,
SETTING HARD AT SCHOOL TEASING
SISTER, LEARNING TO LOVE THEM
AND APPRECIATE THEM THE MORE I
GOT OLDER. I'M FROM HOME COOKED
DINNERS BOOK ENDED BY PIZZA ON
SUNDAYS FOCUSING ON KIDS, I MY
MOTHER RAISED US TO THINK OF
OTHERS PULL OURINGS UP BY \BOOT
STRAP\BOOTSTRAPS, MY FATHER
LISTENING AND ASKING QUESTIONS,
UNDYING HONESTY ENCOURAGEMENT
AND UNSPOKEN EXPECT FACE TO DO
GOOD AND HELP OTHERS. I'M FROM
A SMALL COLLEGE, MUSIC TROLL
SCHOOL LIFE STUDYING ABROAD IN
EGYPT INDIA AND CHINA, PIVOTAL
RELIGION CLASSES IN BUDDHISM AND
LIBERATION THEOLOGY, ALL WHILE
GUIDING INTEREST IN CHEMISTRY TO
MEDICAL SCHOOL IN IOWA CIT CITYA
FRIENDLY YET RIGOROUS MED
SCHOOL, PRIORITIZING ACTIVISM IN
A SMALL SLICE OF ACCEPTING OUR
RESPONSIBILITY AS GLOBAL
CITIZENS TO WORK TO SOLVE THE
WORLD'S PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES.
I'M ALSO FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH
TRAINING JUST UP THE ROAD IN
BALTIMORE, WHERE I LEARNED THE
MEANING OF GLOBAL HEALTH SOCIAL
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH REALLY
MEAN IN THE LIVES OF WORKING
PEOPLE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
ADDRESSING THE CAUSES OF THE
CAUSES. THEN A RESIDENCY IN
CAMBRIDGE TAKE CASE OF
UNDERCERTAINED TRYING TO LEARN
CREOLE TO BE A BETTER DOCTOR AN
DISCOVERING THE IMPORTANT ROLE
HUMAN RIGHTS PLAY IN MEDICAL
CARCARE. INDEBTED TO
(INDISCERNIBLE) FOR TEACHING ME
HOW TO BE A PHYSICIAN ACT VIES
WITH A GLOBAL HEALTH VIEW VIEW.
THEIR DEDICATION TO MEDICINE AND
PUBLY HEALTH TAUGHT ME TO APPLY
RESEARCH AND CLINICAL CARE TO
ADVOCACY FOR PEOPLE AND INSPIRED
ME TO FOLLOW A PATH LINKING
COMMUNITY HEALTH SOCIAL JUSTICE
CLINICAL RESEARCH AND CARE FOR
THE UNDERSERVED. FROM A
WONDERFUL FAMILY. HARDWORKING
PARENTS WHO WANTED THE BEST,
TENACIOUS AN SMART AND FUNNY
SPOUSE AND TWO AMAZING KIDS.
PAUL FARMER FROM PARTNERS IN
HEALTH AT HARVARD WHO INSPIRED
BOTH MY WIFE AND I WORK -- WHEN
WE WORKED WITH HIM, CALL MIDWIFE
A TIRELESS REVOLUTIONARY FOR
PUBLIC HEALTH FOR HOW SHE WENT
INTO REVOLUTIONIZE HOW TO TREAT
PERSONS WITH TUBERCULOSIS IN THE
SIBERIAN RUSSIA AND IN SIBERIAN
PRISONS IN A MORE UNDERSTANDING
HUMANE WAY. HE WAS RIGHT.
AMAZING KIDS, THANK YOU. WE KNOW
YOU ARE NOT REALLY KIDS ANY
MORE, YOU ARE GROWING TO YOUNG
ADULTS AND YOU DO AMAZING. YOU
ARE GROWING UP TO BE A SMART
HARDWORKING TEAM SWIMMING UP A
STORM IN CLUB HIGH SCHOOL MEETS
GROWING UP IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES YOU APPRECIATE THE
SUFFERING IN THIS WORLD AMONG
THE HAVE NOTES PARTICULARLY
AMONG THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE FOOD
INSECURITY AN HOMELESSNESS AND
YOU ARE BEGINNING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE FOR THAT POPULATION
ALREADY. AND OUR CURIOUS YOUNG
MAN WHOM NO PUZZLE TOO TOUGH
VIOLENT OR CHALLENGING TO TAKE
ON YOUR SISTER YOU ARE SO
TALENTED AND SKILLED YOU
CONTINUE THE AMAZE ME WITH
DEXTERITY IN MATH AND PHYSICS
AND YOU WILL USE YOUR TALENT TO
SERVE HUMANITY. YOU ARE GROWING
TOGETHER IN WAYS NONE OF US
COULD HAVE IMAGINED. I WOULD
NEVER IMAGINE GROWING UP MANY
THE GRANDS SON AFTER FARMING
FOLKS THROUGH RIGOR OF CHEMISTRY
PROGRAM AND MEDICAL PUBLIC
HEALTH SCHOOL BUT NEVER MAKING
EAGLE SCOUT. ANTI-APARTHEID
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN COLLEGE
TURN PHYSICIAN TURN PUBLIC
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL
TRIAL INVESTIGATOR TRUE BELIEVER
SOCIAL JUSTICE IS A CORE PART OF
PUBLIC HEALTH AS REAR ADMIRAL
SAID, IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO
SERVE IN THE ONLY FEDERAL
UNIFORM PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
MANY THE WORLD TO BE SO HONORED
TO WORK WITH INCREDIBLE
COLLEAGUES AT TWO PREMIERE
PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES CDC AN
NIH, THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE AND THE CDC AND NIH EACH
ACCEPTED ME AND SUPPORTED ME AND
HELPED ME. IT IS A 225-YEAR-OLD
UNIFORM SERVICE THE ONLY IN THE
WORLDED THAT PROTECTS PROMOTES
AND ADVANCES THE PUBLIC HEALTH
PERSONS IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY,
FOR THAT IT MEANS THE U.S., BUT
ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF THE WORLD.
WHICH I'M GRATEFUL,I WAS SO MANY
MENTORS TO THANK ALONG THE WAY
FOR SHAPING HOW I AM HOW. I
ENTERED THE CORPS WITH A SLIVER
AWARENESS WHAT IT MEANS TO SEEDS
THERE IN MEDICAL SCHOOL, IF I
BOTHERED TO NOTICE MENTORSHIP
WITH PAUL (INDISCERNIBLE) WHICH
I SHARE, WITH ADMIRAL
(INDISCERNIBLE) ROBERT WALLACE
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. I STUDIED
EPIDEMIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
HEALTH AND JOHN KNOWS THIS I
THINK IS WATCHING AS HE FLIES
FROM HAWAII BACK TO WHERE HE
SERVES IN VIETNAM. HE'S BEEN ON
THIS JOURNEY WITH ME TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO
PRACTICE GLOBAL HEALTH
DIPLOMACY. I ENTERED THE EIS
PROGRAM CDC AND FORMED BONDS
WITH MANY OF MY CLASSMATES, MANY
WHOM WOULD GO ON TO CHANGE THE
WORLD AND THEY WERE INSPIRING
THEN AS THEY ARE NOW. TOO
NUMEROUS TO NAME, SOME I KNOW
ARE WATCHING SO THANK YOU. YOU
ARE IN THE ROOM. I WANT TO
SPECIFICALLY THANK MY FELL LOPE
SHIP SUPERVISORS PATRICK CATCHER
MONICA (INDISCERNIBLE) WHO
SHOWED E MANY VALUE OF
COLLECTING DATA FROM FIELD LEVEL
MANAGING IT YOURSELF ANALYZING
PRESENTING IT FROM THE GROUND UP
AND IN MY CASE THAT MEANT
WALKING ONE AFRICAN VILLAGE TO
ANOTHER WHETHER IN KENYA AND IT
WAS HUMBLING AND CHANGED ME. MY
FIRST REAL JOB AT REAL PUBLIC
HEALTH JOB WAS NOT UNTIL I WAS
38. MY DREAM JOB TO WORK GLOBAL
TUBERCULOSIS RESEARCH AND
CONTROL, TUBERCULOSIS THE GREAT
IMITATOR, ONE OLDEST SCOURGES OF
HUMAN KIND AND ONE BIGGEST
INFECTIOUS DISEASE KILLERS, I
WAS LUCKY TO WORK WITH MENTORS
SUCH AS CHARLES WELLS REAR
ADMIRALS KEN CASTRO AND OTHERS,
I SPECIFICALLY LIKE TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUE PETER (INDISCERNIBLE)
WHOM I HAD THE DISTINCT HONOR OF
WORKING WITH TO NAME A NEW
DISEASE ENTITY. IT WAS ALSO
BECAUSE OF PETER MORE
IMPORTANTLY DURING THE FRUITFUL
YEARS TO SUPPORT FELLOW TB
CONTROLLERS IN THE BALTIC
CENTRAL ASIA AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
DURING TRAINING WORKSHOP IN
MOSCOW I MET MY WONDERFUL
SPOUSE. DURING THESE SUBSEQUENT
FIVE YEARS WITH THE CDC DIVISION
OF TB ELIMINATION STARTED TO
RAISE A FAMILY. I'M GOING TO
SKIP OVER SOME OF THIS IN THE
INTEREST OF TIME. NOW TO THE
PRESENT I'M FROM AMAZING FIVE
YEAR OPPORTUNITY HERE AT NIH TO
WORK WITH AND FOR TOP TECHNICAL
EXPERTS IN HIV RESEARCH, SCIENCE
AT NIH, SOME WHOM ARE HERE,
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE
PUSHED THE ENVELOPE FURTHER WE
HAVE RAISED THE BAR ENABLED
GROUND BREAKING RESEARCH TO GO
FORWARD HIV TREATMENT CURE
PREVENTION VACCINE ADDRESSING
CO-MORE BITTIES AN CO-INFECTIONS
-- MORBIDITIES AND CO-INFECTIONS
AND TO MAUREEN, BOB, CARL, AND
OTHERS, THANK YOU. SO MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE NIH HIV AIDS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SOME OF
WHOM I SEE HERE, TOO NUMEROUS TO
NAME, DEEP HUMBLE THANK YOU.
SPECIFICALLY THANK YOU TO THE
STAFF OF THE OFFICE OF AIDS
RESEARCH, MANY WHOM ARE HERE.
YOU ARE IN THE ROOM AND YOU HAVE
DONE AMAZING WORK THESE PAST
FIVE YEARS. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO
HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH
YOU, AT LEAST NOT THE LEAST
LEAST WHICH OUR SENIOR ADVISOR
TEAM HERE, FELICIA, RACHEL AND
SO MANY OTHERS, I'M SO INDEBTED
TO WORK WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU.
TO THE PHS OFFICERS IN THE ROOM,
AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY,
MY COUNCIL IS TO FOCUS ON
BUILDING TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS
WITH YOUR PEERS. AND LEARN TO
TRUST YOUR PEERS. AND TRUST
THOSE THAT WORK FOR YOU. THIS IS
HOW WE BUILD HEALTHY
ORGANIZATIONS AND IT IS
CRITICAL. I HAVE A VERY SHORT
STORY ABOUT DR. FAUCI TO
ILLUSTRATE THIS. DR. FAUCI CAME
TO THAILAND IN 2013 WITH HIS
SPOUSE, DR. GRADY, HE WAS
AWARDED THE AWARD AT THE
CONFERENCE ALONG WITH DR. E P
TEAR AND DAVID HO. A CONFERENCE
HOSTED BY THE COUNTRY WITH A
SIZABLE PRIZE GIVEN TO
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO
PUBLIC HEALTH. DR. FAUCI FITS
THAT MOLD. THE EMBASSY WAS
ALERTED ABOUT THIS, THEY TURNED
TO THE CTTC CONTINGENT, WITH
SEVEN PROGRAMS TO ARRANGE A
VISIT FOR HIM. WE HELD AND ALL
HANDS MEETING SO HE COULD MEET
THE THAILAND MINUTE SRI OF
PUBLIC HEALTH AND CDC
COLLABORATION STAFF, THE
COMBINED PROGRAM CALLED TUC. WE
WANTED A LITTLE RECEPTION FOR
HIM AT TUC AFTER THE ALL HANDS
AND SOMEONE HAD THE GREAT IDEA
OF TRYING TO GET THIS COVETED
COCONUT ICE CREAM FROM A POPULAR
PLACE THAT SERVES AT (INAUDIBLE)
MARKET. IT IS A MASSIVE OUTDOOR
MARKET, AND I KNOW FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN TO BANGKOK YOU KNOW
IT. MANY OF US EATEN THERE AND
THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA WE
CALLED ARRANGED IT HAD THE
COMPANY COME WITH THE ICE CREAM
AN TOPPINGS. AND WHILE AT THE
EVENT DR. FAUCI WAS VERY
HESITANT TO EAT IT, HE EXPLAINED
HE WAS EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN
EATING IN OTHER COUNTRIES
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET
SICK. FAIR ENOUGH. GOOD ADVICE.
SO HE WASN'T GOING TO DO IT. WE
PERSISTED, WE WANTED TO IMPREPR
WE SWORE WE ARE PROMISING HE
WASN'T GOING TO GET SICK FROM
THE ICE CREAM, WE ALL HAD IT
FREQUENTLY, WE STUCK OUR NECKS
OUT. HE FINALLY TOLD US IF WE
WERE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT IT WAS
SAFE HE WOULD TRY IT. SO HE DID
BUT THEN THOSE OF US IN THE CDC
THAILAND LEADERSHIP SPENT THE
NEXT THREE DAYS SWEATING OUR
SHIRTSES THROUGH AND THROUGH
BECAUSE WE REALIZED IF WE GAVE
DR. FAUCI FROM GASTRO ENTERITIS
WE WOULD NEVER FOR GIVE
OURSELVES OR POSSIBLY GET
ANOTHER NIH FUNDED GRANT. AS I
SAID HE ATE IT AND HE WAS FINE.
SO BUILD TRUST YOUR PEER, TRUST
YOUR PEERS AN THOSE THAT WORK
FOR YOU. TRUST BUT VERIFY MY
WIFE WOULD SAY IN RUSSIAN. I
TRIED THE BEST TO FIND BALANCE,
BALANCING FINDING PATHS FOR
INNOVATION IN TB, EPI DRUG
RESISTANT AND CLINICAL TRIALS
DESIGN TO ANSWER CRITICAL
QUESTIONS AND BALANCE WITH
HELPING NEWLY ARRIVED IMMIGRANTS
TO THE U.S. AND MOST IMPORTANT
BALANCING IN GIVING OURSELVES
TIME INCLUDING FAMILY, GOING
HOME EVERY DAY. HAVE A HOME
LIFE. JOINING THE PHS GAVE ME
THE SERVICE TO PAY THAT BACK TO
WEAR THE UNIFORM PROUDLY, THE
SAME SERVICE THE OFFICERS WHO
CARED FOR MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS,
HENRY AND CAROL LINE WHO SAILED
ON THE SS PATRICIA FROM HAMBURG
IN 1907 ALONG WITH MY
GRANDFATHER HENRY WHO WAS FOUR,
ALL WHO ARRIVED IN ELLIS ISLAND.
I KNOW SOMEONE IN THIS UNIFORM
GREETED MY FAMILY AND ADDRESSED
THEIR PUBLY HEALTH NEEDS. --
PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS. THE U.S.
PHS COMMISSION CORPS IS FAMILY
OF HELPER, THANK YOU TO MY
BROTHERS AN SISTERS WHICH
COMRADERY OF THE U.S. COMMISSION
CORPS. THANK YOU, DALE,
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE EXPERT,
CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS, FELLOW
STUDENT VACCINE EXPERT SHARING
ROAD TRIPS AND HUMOR PASSION FOR
BIKING AND FAMILY. TO ANOTHER
INTERNIST INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPE
WHO STARTED CAREER WITH CDC WITH
STD PREVENTION BLAZED INCREDIBLE
TRAIL OF GLOBAL HEALTH
LEADERSHIP SHARING HIS WISDOM
WITH ME AND WHO TOOK HIS SKILLS
TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL GLOBAL
HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND DIPLOMACY
HERE AT THE NIH FOGARTY
INTERNATIONAL CENTER, THANK YOU,
PETER. AND TO PULMONOLOGIST LIKE
MY SPOUSE, AND TUBERCULOSIS
CLINICIAN LIKE MY SPOUSE WHO
ENTERED CDC A LITTLE SIDEWAYS
ALREADY A TECHNICAL EXPERT
WHORES THROUGH MULTIPLE LEVELS
OF LEADERSHIP MENTORING MANY
COLLEAGUES TO THE POINT BECOMING
THE CHIEF ADVISOR OF SCIENCE AN
MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND YOU
STILL FOUND THE TIME TO ADVISE
US, CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN NEARLY
ANYONE I KNEW TO THE SENT
SURGEON GENERAL -- ASSISTANT
SURGEON GENERAL LEADERSHIP
COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR BEING A
COLLEAGUE AND A FRIEND. MY
FELLOW FLAG OFFICERS HERE, AT
NIH, ADMIRAL CHILDS WHO TAUGHT
COMMISSION FIRST, PEOPLE ALWAYS,
ENCOURAGING SUPPORTING EVERYONE
AROUND HIM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
ONE QUICK WORD LAST WORD ABOUT
COMPASSION. I WAS SO LUCKY TO
RECEIVE A POST-DOCTORAL
FELLOWSHIP WITH THE CHANCE TO
WORK AN SERVE THE TIBETAN
COMMUNITY IN INDIA. I LEARNED SO
MUCH FROM THE TEACHINGS ABOUT
RESILIENCE THAT I CANNOT REPAY.
ANOTHER MENTOR OF MINE FORMALLY
OF HOPKINS NOW WITH DUKE GLOBAL
HEALTH WHO ALSO VOLUNTEERED AT
(INAUDIBLE) HOSPITAL SHARED THIS
COMPASSION WITH ME, REMINDED
FROM (INDISCERNIBLE). FOR AS
LONG AS SPACE ENDURES, FOR AS
LONG AS LIVING BEINGS REMAIN,
UNTIL THEN MAY I JUST TO ABIDE
TO DISPEL THE MIS MISERY OF THE
WORLD. AGAIN, THANKS TO THE
CDC, NIH, THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH
COMMISSION IS IMPORTANT TO
SAVING LIVES AT HOME AND
WORLDWIDE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
MY THANKS GOES TO ALL OF YOU, I
WILL FOREVER BE IN YOUR DEBT.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, ADMIRAL HOLTZ.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE WILL NOW
BE ENTERING THE FORMAL
RETIREMENT AND FINAL PART OF OUR
CEREMONY. PLEASE RISE FOR THE
READING OF THE RETIREMENT
ORDERS. ATTENTION TO ORDERS.
PURSUANT TO PERSONAL ORDER
NUMBER 202-4079, REGULAR CORPS
REAR ADMIRAL TIMOTHY HOLTZ, IS
PERMANENTLY RETIRED UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF 42 USC SECTION 212
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.
EFFECTIVE DATE APRIL 1, 2024
EXECUTED BY THE U.S. PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE COMMISSION CORPS
HEADQUARTERS. REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ
WILL NOW REPORT TO REAR ADMIRAL
CHILDS AN REQUEST PERMISSION TO
RETIRE FROM THE COMMANDING
OFFICER HERE AT THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.
(OFF MIC)
>> I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
PERMISSION TO RETIRE FROM THE
U.S. GLOBAL HEALTH SERVICE.
>> PERMISSION GRANTED.
(OFF MIC)
HONOR GUARD, RETIRE MY COLORS.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, NEXT I
WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE FLAG
PASSING CEREMONY. PLEASE
COMMENCE THE PRESENTATION OF THE
FLAG. THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
ACT CODIFIED AT 42 USC SECTION
THE 14 PROVIDES OFFICERS
RETIRING FROM THE COMMISSION
CORPS SHALL BE PRESENTED WITH
THE UNITED STATES FLAG AS AN
EXPRESSION OF THE NATION'S
APPRECIATION FOR THEIR SERVICE.
THE PRESENTATION IS MARKED BY
THIS THE FLAG PASSING CEREMONY.
A FOLDED AMERICAN FLAG IS
CEREMONIOUSLY PASSED THROUGH THE
RANKS REPRESENTING THE
PROGRESSION OF REAR ADMIRAL
HOLTZ'S CAREER FROM HIS
BEGINNINGS AS A YOUNG PUBLIC
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL INTO A
SEASONED PUBLIC HEALTH LEADER.
ULTIMATELY THE MOST SENIOR
OFFICER IN THE LINE PRESENTS THE
FLAG TO THE RETIRING OFFICER AS
A SYMBOL OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS
DEDICATED AND SELF-LESS SERVICE
TO THE DEPARTMENT, TO THE
COMMISSION CORPS AN TO THE
NATION.
♪
♪ WHEN TROUBLES COME, WHEN MY
HEART ♪
♪ THAT I AM STILL WILL WAIT
HERE IN SILENCE, UNTIL YOU COME
AND SAIL WITH ME ♪
♪
YOU RAISE ME UP SO I CAN STAND
ON MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ YOU RAISE ME UP TO WELCOME
STORMY SEAS ♪
♪ I AM STRONG WHEN I AM ON YOUR
SHOULDERS ♪
♪
YOU RAISE ME UP TO MORE THAN I
CAN BE ♪
♪
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU
HAVE JUST WITNESSED THE FLAG
PASSING CEREMONY. PLEAS JOIN ME
IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> EVERYONE PLEASE RISE FOR THE
BENEDICTION, CONCLUSION OF
CEREMONY AND DEPARTURE OF REAR
ADMIRAL HOLTZ AND HIS FAMILY
FLUOROD BY THE DEPARTURE OF THE
OFFICIAL POLICY. REVEREND NANCY
REED PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO
DELIVER THE BENEDICTION.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
RECEIVE THIS CALL TO JUSTICE
PEACE AND SERVICE.
(INDISCERNIBLE) AN ANTI-FASCIST
GERMAN PASTOR DURING NADZI RULE
SAID SILENCE IN THE FACE OF EVIL
IS ITSELF EVIL. GOD WILL NOT
HOLD US GUILTLESS. NOT TO SPEAK
IS TO SPEAK. NOT TO ACT IS TO
ACT. LET US GO AND SPEAK OUT,
ACT OUT AND CONFRONT EVIL.
MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID, HUMAN
PROGRESS IS NEITHER AUTOMATIC
NOR INEVITABLE. EVERY STEP
TOWARD THE GOAL OF JUSTICE
REQUIRES SACRIFICE, SUFFERING
AND STRUGGLE. THE TIRELESS
EXERTIONS AND PASSIONATE CONCERN
OF DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS. LET US
GO DEDICATING OURSELVES TO WORK
FOR JUSTICE. CONGRESSMAN JOHN
LEWIS SAID NOT ONE OF US CAN
REST, BE HAPPY, BE AT HOME. BE
AT PEACE WITH OURSELVES, UNTIL
WE END HATRED AND DIVISION. LET
US GO AND WORK TO END HATRED AND
DIVISION. JOHN F. KENNEDY SAID
PEACE IS A DAILY, A WEEKLY, A
MONTHLY PROCE PROCESS. GRADUALLY
CHANGING OPINIONS, SLOWLY
ERODING OLD BARRIERS, QUIETLY
BUILDING NEW STRUCTURE. LET US
GO AND BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO
PEACE. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT SAID,
IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT
PEACE. ONE MUST BELIEVE IN IT.
AND IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO BELIEVE
IN IT. ONE MUST WORK IN IT.
LET US GO AND WORK FOR PEACE.
THE DALI LAMA SAID THE REALITY
TODAY IS THAT WE ARE ALL
INTERDEPENDENT AND HAVE TO
CO-EXIST ON THIS SMALL PLANET.
THE ONLY SENSIBLE AND
INTELLIGENT WAY RESOLVING
DIFFERENCES AND CLASHES OF
INTERESTS WHETHER BETWEEN
INDIVIDUALS OR NATIONS, IS
THROUGH DIALOGUE. LET US GO AND
DIALOGUE, MAKING EFFORTS TO
UNDERSTAND THOSE WITH WHOM WE
DISAGREE. FINALLY, ROBERT F.
KENNEDY SAID, THE FUTURE DOES
NOT BELONG TO THOSE WHO ARE
CONTENT WITH TODAY. RATHER, IT
WILL BELONG TO THOSE WHO BLEND
VISION, REASON AND COURAGE IN
PERSONAL COMMITMENT. THANK YOU
ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND
COMMITMENT. LET US GO IN PEACE.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS
TIME TO SAY FAIR WINDS AND
FOLLOWING SEAS TO AN OUTSTANDING
OFFICER, A TRUE AND HONORABLE
COLLEAGUE AND OUR FRIEND, REAR
ADMIRAL TIMOTHY HOLTZ. BEHALF OF
MYSELF AND THE RETIREMENT
COMMITTEE WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR
SINCEREST GRATITUDE TO ALL THE
VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPANTS FAMILY
AND FRIENDS AND TO THOSE WHO
COULD NOT JOIN US TODAY.
WITHOUT EACH OF YOU, YOUR
SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT THIS
RETIREMENT CEREMONY THAT HONORS
REAR ADMIRAL HOLTZ WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. REAR ADMIRAL
HOLTZ WILL LEAD THE DECK IN
FINAL TIME IN UNIFORM AND DEPART
FROM THIS HALL REFLECTING NEW
ASSIGNMENT AS RETIRED UNITED
STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
COMMISSIONED OFFICER. LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, PLEASE REMAIN
STANDING FOR THE DEPARTURE OF
ADMIRAL HOLTZ, RETIRE. POST
SIDE BOYS.
>> SOUND SIX BELLS.
>> REAR ADMIRAL TIMOTHY HOLTZ,
DEPARTING.
>> LET US ALL GIVE REAR ADMIRAL
HOLTZ A FAREWELL ROUND OF
APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> SOUND SIX BELLS.
>> SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR NATIONAL
HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
AND ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL OF
THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE DEPARTING.
>> SOUND SIX BELLS. FORMER
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
HEALTH FORMER ASSISTANT SURGEON
GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE,
DEPARTING.
>> SOUND SIX BELLS.
>> ACTING DIRECTOR FOGARTY
INTERNATIONAL CENTER AND FORMER
ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES PURR LICK HEALTH
SERVICE, DEPARTING. UNITED
STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
DEPARTING.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS
CONCLUDES TODAY'S CEREMONY.
AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU
FOR SPENDING SOME TIME WITH US
TODAY TO CELEBRATE ADMIRAL
HOLTZ'S RETIREMENT, REFRESHMENTS
ARE BEING SERVED THE RECEPTION
HALL DOWN THE HALL PAST THE
BOOKSTORE, PLEASE JOIN OUR NEWLY
RETIRED IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED
THE FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH IN THE
BACK PLEASE STOP BY, ANYONE CAN
SIGN, NOT JUST FOLKS FROM NIH
AND FEEL FREE TO TAKE PICTURES
WITH ADMIRAL HOTS AND ANY OF THE
GUESTS OF HONOR. AUDIENCE, WE
ARE DISMISSED FOR CAKE. THANK
YOU.