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“HONOREES IN ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO WOMEN” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E2300 on Nov. 10, 1997.
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HONOREES IN ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO WOMEN
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HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR.
of tennessee
in the house of representatives
Sunday, November 9, 1997
Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, the Knoxville YWCA last week held its annual Tribute to Women Program. The featured speaker was former Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker, who has already become a very active member of the East Tennessee community in the relatively short period of time that she has been married to former Senator Howard Baker.
Six of the most outstanding women in the Knoxville area were chosen as special honorees this year. IO would like to congratulate them for the great work they have done over the years, and I would like to call to the attention of all of my colleagues and other readers of the Congressional Record the editorial covering this program in the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Worthy of Recognition
Honorees in annual Tribute to Women are leaders in their fields, community
Women are an instrumental part of any community, and the YWCA recognizes this in its annual Tribute to Women.
This year's banquet, held last week at the Hyatt Regency, honored women in six categories for their outstanding contributions.
The categories are arts, business and government, education, human services, science and technology and volunteer community service.
We add our congratulations to each of the honorees:
Julie Warren Martin in the arts category, an artist, who has become a significant part of the Knoxville arts community through her work as a professional and her commitment to champion the arts through community leadership.
Dr. Cheryl Kershaw in education, a part-time adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee and a consultant with individual schools and school systems as a partner in her firm, Educational Resources.
Hildegard M. Schuller in human services, a distinguished professor of comparative pathology at the UT College of Veterinary Medicine. A central component of her research has been how smoking affects the placenta in pregnant women and how it affects children.
Dr. Carolyn T. Hunasker in science and technology, a member of the Environmental Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She has conducted research in environmental impact assessment, water quality characterization and modeling and landscape ecology.
Margaret Bemhower Manrod in volunteer community service, who has dedicated much of life to volunteer work. She is a co-founder of the East Tennessee Coalition on Breast and Cervical Cancer, which was the model for the state Department of Health's coalition.
Lillian G. Bean in business and government, clerk of the Knox County Circuit, Sessions and Juvenile courts. She has been elected to the position five times.
All of these women are leaders--in their fields, in our community.
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a former Republican senator from Kansas now married to former Tennessee Sen. Howard Baker Jr., was a good choice for a speaker. She speaks from experience when she talks about women's contributions.
As she said at the event, ``I think that (the tribute) shows women are in the forefront in improving the quality of life in one's community.''
We join with the YWCA in commending these six honorees and in recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of all women.
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