[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 22, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 22, 1994]
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               A TRIBUTE TO BISHOP JAMES ALEXANDER FORBES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
February 11, 1994, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Towns] is 
recognized during morning business for 1 minute.
  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about the 
accomplishments of Bishop James Alexander Forbes, a man that has really 
provided leadership in this Nation, a person that dropped out of school 
in the sixth grade, took a correspondence course, and after finishing 
that, they gave him his high school diploma. He then went on to college 
where he received a bachelor's and a master's degree. Not only that, 
but he was able to motivate eight children, five girls and three boys, 
and all of them have at least a master's degree.
  The boys all have their doctorates.
  One is the pastor of the Riverside Church, James Alexander Forbes, 
Jr.; the other, the pastor of the Faith Christian Church in Raleigh, 
NC; the other, a psychiatrist in Richmond, VA.
  All the girls as indicated, have a master's.
  I think that that is the kind of family that should be lifted up and 
that Bishop James Alexander Forbes on his 80th birthday, wherever you 
are, the world is indeed indebted to you for your achievements and your 
accomplishments.

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