[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 90 (Wednesday, July 13, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: July 13, 1994]
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         WILLIAM JEFFERSON RETIRES AFTER 44 YEARS IN EDUCATION

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 13, 1994

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to William 
Jefferson, who retired June 30, 1994, after serving 30 years in Lee 
County schools, and a total of 44 years in education.
  Mr. Jefferson is retired assistant superintendent for personnel and 
instruction for Lee County schools, a post he held since 1985.
  Mr. Jefferson, who is 64 years old, began his career as a high school 
math and science teacher in Andrews, SC, in 1950. He was drafted into 
the Army a year later and served as an education specialist in Germany. 
He returned to the United States in 1953 and was a teaching principal 
in Williamsburg, SC.
  In 1954, Mr. Jefferson went to Sumter School District 2, where he 
served as a teacher and assistant principal. He later moved to Lee 
County and accepted the position of principal of Dennis High School in 
1964. A year later, a court ordered Lee County schools to integrate.
  Mr. Jefferson became principal of the newly integrated Bishopville 
Middle School in 1970 and became principal of Mount Pleasant High 
School in 1977. Mr. Jefferson lists as one of his accomplishments the 
accreditation of Mount Pleasant High School by the Southern Association 
of Colleges and Schools, the first school in the district to receive 
this distinction.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Jefferson began his career in the Lee County schools 
at the onset of the integration movement in that county, and deserves 
recognition for his professionalism in peacefully guiding students, 
parents, and teachers through what could have been a turbulent 
transition.
  Countless students have no doubt benefited from Mr. Jeffersons' over 
four decades of experience, and I am sure the Lee County school system 
will join me in commending Mr. Jefferson for his many years of 
outstanding service.

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