[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 38 (Tuesday, April 12, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: April 12, 1994]
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                 TRIBUTE TO DR. CHARLES OVERTON DILLARD

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                            HON. DAVID MANN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 12, 1994

  Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to share with my colleagues a 
tribute to an outstanding member of the First District of Ohio, Dr. 
Charles Overton Dillard, M.D., for his patronage to our country. Dr. 
Dillard serves in the military and has earned the title of the first 
Afro-American Medical Corporation General Officer of Ohio and is the 
first and only Afro-American Medical Commander in the entire military 
force structure.
  Dr. Dillard graduated from Fisk University receiving his bachelor of 
arts degree in 1957. He proceeded to Meharry Medical College to receive 
his medical doctor degree in 1961.
  Dr. Dillard began his military service in 1962 with the U.S. Air 
Force as a captain. He received a honorable discharge in 1964. He later 
joined the Ohio Army National Guard in 1978 and is still an active 
member.
  Dr. Dillard has given his medial services relentlessly to our 
community by serving the inner city where most of his patients have 
little or no money to pay for medical care. He has provided medication 
at no cost to these patients by using samples given to him by several 
pharmaceutical representatives.
  Dr. Dillard has received several outstanding awards throughout his 
career. The Daniel Drake Humanitarian Award, which is his most 
prestigious award, was given to him by his peers for his contributions 
in Ethiopia and Sudan during the drought of 1985-86. For his medical 
contributions to the military, he received the Order of Military 
Medical Merit.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I bring to the attention 
of the House in saluting Dr. Dillard's contributions for the betterment 
of mankind.

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