[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 28, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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                 TRIBUTE TO JEFFERYSON ALEXANDER BARNES

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 28, 1994

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, ``Jeff'' Barnes was born on November 11, 
1945, in Kingston, Jamaica. He attended Kingston College and began his 
broadcasting career at the Jamaica Broadcasting Corp. [JBC] in 1964. He 
was recognized nationally in 1965 as a television and radio 
broadcaster. In 1964 and 1965 he was the national champion in the 
Jamaica festival speech competition. He later worked at Radio Jamaica 
until 1967 when he returned to the JBC and became a nationally 
recognized radio and television broadcaster.
  In 1971 Jeff came to the United States and attended Pace University; 
however, he changed his major and matriculated at New York Institute of 
Technology. In 1976 he received a bachelor of fine arts.
  Jeff quickly found his way back into broadcast communications and in 
1972 he became an air personality on WWRL radio in Queens. In 1981 Jeff 
worked briefly at WHBI which is now WNWK. Later in 1981 he accepted his 
current position at WLIB. Mr. Barnes has a community-oriented program 
called ``Positive Personality'' and is known throughout New York City 
as a popular air-personality.
  Mr. Barnes has been able to balance a career in law and in 
communications. He attended Brooklyn Law School and graduated in 1982 
receiving a doctor of jurisprudence [J.D.]. In addition to working on 
the radio show he also has a law practice in the Bronx.
  Mr. Barnes is married to Ethel McQueen and they have two sons. I rise 
to honor Mr. Jefferyson Alexander Barnes for his shining example as a 
pillar in the Brooklyn community.

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