[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 64 (Friday, May 20, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                  TRIBUTE TO PASTOR FITZ BARCLAY, JR.

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                           HON. MEL REYNOLDS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 20, 1994

  Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to the attention of 
my colleagues, the outstanding work done by a great leader in my 
congressional district, Pastor Fitz Barclay, Jr., of the Morgan Park 
Pentecostal Church. Attached is a proclamation I issued Pastor Barclay 
commending him for his work.

                              Proclamation

       Whereas Pastor Fitz Barclay, Jr., is a native of Chicago, 
     Illinois, the son of Bishop Fitz and Mrs. Geraldine Barclay, 
     he is a graduate of the Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School, and 
     the loving father of three children; and
       Whereas Pastor Barclay prepared himself academically, he 
     matriculated in Mexico City, Mexico, in graduate Bilingual 
     Education Studies in 1971-1972, Southern Illinois University, 
     Carbondale, Illinois, earning the Bachelor of Science degree 
     in English with a Minor in Spanish, Governors State 
     University, Park Forest, Illinois, Master of Arts degree in 
     English and Communications, Trinity College Seminary, 
     Deerfield, Illinois, Master of Divinity Degree; and
       Whereas Pastor Barclay has excelled in dual careers for 
     over twenty years, as an English teacher in Thornridge High 
     School, Dolton, Illinois since 1972, he has also taught 
     English and Spanish in Central Y.M.C.A. College, Olive-Harvey 
     College, and Richard Daley College, Chicago, Illinois, in 
     1978 he was Called to Pastor Morgan Park Pentecostal Church, 
     Chicago, Illinois, host church for the Sixth Annual Men's 
     Midwest Regional Conference, encouraging the ``African-
     American Male;'' and
       Whereas Pastor Barclay is a Community Leader he is a member 
     of the Morgan Park/Beverly Ministerial Alliance, Board Member 
     of the Evangelical Elementary School, Morgan Park High 
     School-Local School Council, and the State of Illinois Gang 
     Taskforce: Now, therefore be it
       Resolved, That the Congress of the United States wishes to 
     acknowledge the accomplishments of Pastor Fitz Barclay, Jr. 
     by entering these accomplishments into the Congressional 
     Record and Archives of the One Hundred and Third Congress of 
     the United States of America.

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