[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 4 (Monday, January 9, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E64]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO SUPERINTENDENT BYRON MAUZY

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                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 9, 1995

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor one of my district's 
most dedicated elected officials, Marin County Superintendent of 
Schools, Byron W. Mauzy. Superintendent Mauzy was elected in 1983 and 
has served the people of Marin County well in this capacity.
  As we celebrate Byron's 41 years in public education, and his 
retirement as Marin County Superintendent of Schools, I wish to 
recognize Superintendent Mauzy for his commitment to improving the 
quality of education in Marin County, and the Nation, and to thank him 
for his long record of public service.
  Byron has been with the Marin County Office of Education since 1967 
when he was director of business services. During the period between 
1970 and 1982 Byron was deputy superintendent and served as interim 
superintendent of the Kentfield, Sausalito, and Mill Valley School 
Districts.
  He worked as assistant superintendent of instructional and business 
services for the Del Norte County Unified School District in Crescent 
City, CA. He was also a teacher and principal at Lower Lake Elementary 
School in California.
  Byron earned a B.A. at San Jose State College and a M.A. at Stanford 
University in California. He receive his Ed.D from Nova University in 
Fort Lauderdale, FL, and has the following life credentials: general 
elementary, general secondary, elementary administrative, secondary 
administrative, and general administrative.
  I was pleased to have had the opportunity to work closely with Byron 
over the last couple years on important education issues. We shared the 
same view that education must become our Nation's top priority, and 
Byron can be commended for his work to improve education at the local 
level. In fact, the outstanding work of our Marin County schools served 
as a model for my successful efforts to establish a coordinated 
services program nationally. Under Byron's leadership, Marin County 
schools effectively made health and social services available at or 
near school sites. I was also pleased to work with Byron when I brought 
both Secretary of Education Dick Riley and Health and Human Services 
Secretary Donna Shalala to the Sixth Congressional District to discuss 
education and other issues about youth. It was a pleasure to be working 
hand-in-hand with him, and I continue to be impressed by his dedication 
to quality education in Marin County and the Nation.
  As an example of Byron's commitment to the county, he is currently on 
the board of directors for the Beryl Buck Institute of Education, Marin 
Council Boy Scouts of America, Sons of the American Revolution, 
Salvation Army, California Health Research Foundation, Marin Suicide 
Prevention, San Rafael Thrift and Loan, and Wild Care. Byron also 
serves on the American Heart Association's Hypertension Council: Invest 
in America School Advisory Committee, the Community Advisory Council at 
the Golden Gate Seminary, the 14th District PTA, the Elizabeth 
Terwilliger Foundation, the Dominican College Citizens Advisory 
Committee, the Human Rights Resource Center, and the Ross Hospital 
Advisory Committees.
  In addition, Byron is a member of the Association of California 
School Administrators, Marin County School Administrators Association, 
the Marin Association of Superintendents, California Schoolmasters 
Club, Phi Delta Kappa, Marin Rod and Gun Club, Marin Coalition, Masonic 
Lodge, Elks Lodge No. 1108, Native Sons of the Golden West, Marvelous 
Marin Breakfast Club, Commonwealth Club of California, League of Women 
Voters, Marin Builders Exchange Scholarship Committee, Marin Council of 
Agencies, Marin Forum, Citizens League of Marin, and the San Rafael 
Chamber of Commerce.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to pay tribute to Superintendent 
Byron Mauzy. Marin County owes a great deal of gratitude for the 
tireless efforts of Byron Mauzy over the years. Time and time again he 
extended himself on behalf of so many people and for so many causes.
  I regret that I am not able to join Byron and his many friends and 
supporters at the Embassy Suites in San Rafael as we gather to 
celebrate his 48 years of service in public instruction, but I extend 
my hearty congratulations and best wishes to Byron and his wife, Win, 
for continued success now, and in the years to come.

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