[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 126 (Monday, September 12, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: September 12, 1994]
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                   TRIBUTE TO JUDGE SHIRLEY UNDERWOOD

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                     HON. JAMES H. (JIMMY) QUILLEN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 12, 1994

  Mr. QUILLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to praise the accomplishments of one 
of my constituents, the Hon. Shirley Baumgardner Underwood of Johnson 
City, TN.
  Judge Underwood has recently been named Outstanding Juvenile Court 
Judge in the United States by the National Council of Juvenile and 
Family Court Judges.
  The title so deservedly given to Judge Underwood accompanies the 
Council's highest award for Meritorious Service to the Juvenile Courts 
of America.
  The award is in recognition of Judge Underwood's 33 years of service 
to her city and State as Juvenile judge of Johnson City and for her 
active involvement in several local and State organizations, including 
her more than 20 years of membership in the NCJFCJ and her past service 
on that group's Executive Committee.
  Judge Underwood has served as president of the Tennessee Council of 
Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and in 1986 she was named 
``Tennessee's Outstanding Juvenile Court Judge of the Year'' by her 
peers.
  In 1988, she won the Governor's Tennessee Highway Safety Award in 
recognition of her Youth Alcohol Safety Program.
  She has served on the Tennessee Juvenile Justice Advisory Commission 
and on the Tennessee Children's Service Commission.
  She has been juvenile judge of Johnson City since 1961.
  Judge Underwood is a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Alpha Kappa. She 
holds her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Tennessee. She 
practiced law with her father in Bristol for almost 10 years before 
relocating to Johnson City. She is also a former schoolteacher.
  The judge is a member of Central Baptist Church of Johnson City and 
has served as a trustee for the Tennessee Baptist Children's Homes.
  Mr. Speaker, I am glad that Judge Underwood, the Nation's Outstanding 
Juvenile Judge, is a Tennessean, my constituent, and my friend.

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