[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 115 (Tuesday, August 16, 1994)]
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                        A TRIBUTE TO GARY STRONG

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                             HON. VIC FAZIO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 16, 1994

  Mr. FAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Mr. Gary E. 
Strong, State librarian of California for the past 14 years. Gary 
recently accepted the position as the director of the Queens Borough 
Public Library in New York City.
  Appointed as State librarian by Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Gary has been 
instrumental in establishing popular literacy programs throughout the 
State of California. Under Gary's direction, the California State 
Library created the California Literacy Campaign and the Families for 
Literacy Program. Further, Gary Strong was instrumental in working to 
make the California Library Literacy Services Act law.
  Under Gary Strong's leadership, the library has developed the 
California Research Bureau which is located in the California State 
Library. The bureau conducts public policy analysis and serves as a 
valuable instrument for the California Legislature, the Governor and 
his Cabinet, and other elected State officials. Gary is also 
responsible for expanding the library's historical collections and its 
state-of-the-art computer platform that links access to the library 
from all over the State.
  Gary Strong's work as the librarian of the State of California has 
not gone unnoticed. He was recognized this year at the Government 
Technology Conference, where he was awarded the Governor's Award for 
Exceptional Achievement. In 1984, Gary was named Distinguished Alumnus 
of the University of Michigan School of Library Science and in 1992, 
received the Exceptional Achievement Award--1992, from the Association 
of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. His hard work and 
dedication serves as a model for California's next State librarian. 
Gary has also been consulted frequently by the Library of Congress on 
national library issues, and has provided valuable input to the U.S. 
Congress on Library of Congress matters.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my fellow members to join me in recognizing the 
important contributions that Gary Strong has made to the California 
State Library.

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