[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 141 (Monday, October 3, 1994)]
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                      THANKS TO DR. GRACE MILGRAM

  (Mr. GONZALEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks, and include extraneous 
material.)
   Mr. GONZALEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the service 
of Dr. Grace Milgram. Since 1975, Dr. Milgram has worked as a 
specialist in housing within the Economics Division of the 
Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress.
  Let me say parenthetically to all of these cost-cutting fanatics: You 
have been cutting the Library of Congress consistently instead of doing 
what we ought to do. It is the one arm Congress has, like GAO, that is 
indispensable and has been since its founding. Dr. Grace Milgram 
personifies the professionalism and the great efficiency with which 
this Research Service serves us, the Congress.
  Over the past years, her work has been of invaluable assistance to me 
as chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development; 
before her, her superior, Dr. Morton Schussheim, who retired just last 
year. We should find some way to still avail ourselves of their 
dedicated service. I therefore want to enter into the Record my 
commendation to this tremendous service by Dr. Grace Milgram.
  Mr. Speaker, I include for the Record my commendation of Dr. Milgram 
and her profile, as follows:

                                      House of Representatives

                               Washington, DC, September 22, 1994.
     Dr. Grace Milgram,
     Specialist in Housing, Economics Division, Congressional 
         Research Service (CRS), Library of Congress, Washington, 
         DC.
       Dear Dr. Milgram: I wish to take opportunity to express my 
     deepest best wishes to you on the occasion of your 
     forthcoming retirement as a Specialist in Housing matters 
     within the Economics Division of the Congressional Research 
     Service at the Library of Congress.
       I also would like to communicate my personal appreciation 
     for the generous amount of time which you graciously 
     committed to a number of research projects in the areas of 
     housing and community development. They greatly assisted me 
     during the course of the conceptualization and development of 
     legislative proposals. I shall always remain grateful to you 
     for the patient attention which you accorded to these 
     particular research requests.
       I trust that you will encounter many new, exciting 
     challenges or possibly profit from the available time to 
     pursue ongoing personal interests or hobbies.
       I will make every effort to try to join you and your 
     distinguished colleagues at the celebration engagement 
     scheduled next Friday, 30 September 1994, from 12:00 noon to 
     2:00 p.m., in Room LM-205 of the Madison Building.
           Sincerely,
                                                Henry B. Gonzalez,
                                               Member of Congress.
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                        Profile of Grace Milgram


                               education

       Grace prepared herself for an illustrious career in housing 
     through her education received at Antioch College and the 
     University of Pennsylvania. She majored in Economics, with an 
     academic emphasis on city and regional planning, and 
     graduated with honors. For her Doctorate degree, she 
     specialized in housing, urban renewal, and land economics.


                                 career

       1957-1958.--Economic Analyst for the Evaluation Project of 
     the City of Philadelphia--evaluating a demonstration project 
     on housing rehabilitation and neighborhood improvement.
       1960-1964.--Housing economist, Research Associate, and 
     Editor of City Planning Series of studies published by 
     University of Pennsylvania Press.
       1964-1967.--Research Assistant Professor for Institute of 
     Environmental Studies, University of Pa. Directed research 
     projects relating to land economics, mortgage finance, and 
     other urban problems.
       1967-1971.--Senior Research Associate and later, Assistant 
     Director for Research, at the Institute of Urban Environment, 
     Columbia University. Directed research on a number of 
     projects concerned with housing and urban problems.
       1971-1975.--Project Director, Division of Economics and 
     Housing Finance, New York State Urban Development Corp. 
     Analyzed individual sites and studies of metropolitan housing 
     markets.
       1975.--Hired on March 17, 1975 as a Specialist in Housing. 
     Grace is an expert on HUD housing programs, as well as other 
     housing. She was also co-ordinator of the Housing Section 
     from 1975 to 1979.


                              publications

       Grace has been the author or co-author of numerous works in 
     the Economics and Housing fields. The following are a few of 
     them: A land Price Index for the San Juan Metropolitan Area; 
     The City Expands--A Study for the Conversion of Land from 
     Rural to Urban Use, Philadelphia, 1945-1962; A Framework for 
     Center City Demonstration Projects, and Housing Desegregation 
     in Central Cities and Suburbs, prepared for the Presidential 
     Task Force on Urban Problems in 1965.
       Since she has been with CRS Grace has written many valuable 
     reports for Congress including Existing Housing Resources vs. 
     Need; Housing Assistance in the United States; and, A 
     Chronology of Housing Legislation and Selected Executive 
     Actions, 1892-1992.


                       professional organizations

       National Association of Housing and Redevelopment 
     Officials;
       American Real Estate and Urban Economics Associations;
       American Institute of Planners;
       Lambda Alpha (Land Economics Fraternity).

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