[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 147 (Tuesday, November 29, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: November 29, 1994]
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     TRIBUTE TO EDWARD PAUL ORTLEB--AN OUTSTANDING SCIENCE EDUCATOR

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                        HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 29, 1994

  Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Edward Paul Ortleb has retired from the 
St. Louis public schools after 39 years of committed service to the 
educational achievement of children in St. Louis public schools. On 
October 22, 1994, Mr. Ortleb was honored by his colleagues who paid 
tribute to this outstanding professional career. Mr. Ortleb served the 
district as a teacher, assistant principal, science coordinator for 
grades K-12, codirector of an environmental education project, and lead 
science supervisor for grades K-12. He also served as adjunct professor 
at Washington University and Harris-Stowe State College. Mr. Ortleb was 
a guiding force in science education in Missouri and across the Nation.
  Mr. Ortleb's research at Washington University, the Republic of 
Panama, and the State of Missouri have been on ``Orientation of 
Turtles; Predation; Mimicry; Topical Rainforest Ecology; Environmental 
Controls of Reproduction,'' and ``Glades/Lizard Ecology.'' He has been 
the speaker at the Sony Foundation of Science Education in Japan, the 
Inter-American Conference on Science Education in Panama, and the 
National Catholic Education Association.
  Mr. Ortleb is a member of Beta Beta Beta [biology], Kappa Delta Pi 
[education], and Phi Delta Kappa [education] honor societies. He has 
received the Missouri Science Educator Award; Distinguished Alumni 
Award from Harris-Stowe State College; Distinguished Service to Science 
Education Award; Outstanding Service to Science Education Award--
Biology Association for Teachers; Leadership and Service Award--Science 
Technology Career Access Center; and Recognition of Achievement/
Commendation from the St. Louis Board of Education.
  Mr. Ortleb has served as director and president of the National 
Science Teachers Association; chairman of the National Science Teachers 
Convention; president of the Science Teachers of Missouri; and district 
director of the National Science Supervisors.
  Mr. Ortleb is a superior educator who has given fully and creatively 
to guide our most precious resource, our youth. I am pleased to call 
attention to a truly fine educator who contributed greatly to a more 
humane and richer society through quality education.
  I invite my colleagues to join with me in wishing Mr. Edward Paul 
Ortleb Godspeed and much success in a retirement filled with 
tranquility, challenge, and personal fulfillment.

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