[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      TRIBUTE TO DR. HERBERT VENEY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Goodlatte). Under the previous order of 
the House, the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Scott] is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. SCOTT. Mr. Speaker, in commemoration of Black History month, I 
rise to pay tribute to a prominent black community leader who played an 
important part in the local history of Virginia's Northern Neck area, 
the late Dr. Herbert L. Veney.
  Like many physicians in rural areas, Dr. Veney was called upon to use 
his medical training in diverse ways. In addition to his family 
physician private practice, he served as consultant to a local mental 
health facility, medical director of a community nursing care facility, 
and as county medical examiner.
  Dr. Veney was active in several organizations that supported human 
services, education and civil rights causes including the Richmond 
County Community Services Association, St. Pauls College Board of 
Trustees, the American Cancer Society, the Black History Museum Board 
and the NAACP--just to name a few.
  One of Dr. Veney's unique contributions to the community was founding 
the Black Business and Professional Coalition. Chaired by Dr. Veney 
from 1985 until his death last October, this organization assists 
minority owned businesses in the northern neck area with management 
skills training in addition to providing college scholarships for 
minority youth.
  Each year the BBPC holds an Unsung Heroes Awards Ceremony to honor 
the efforts of local citizens who have, in the words of one of its 
members, ``made our way easier by blazing trails for others.'' And to 
raise funds for scholarships. These words aptly describe the man whose 
persistence and dedication to minority youth made this scholarship fund 
possible. Dr. Veney is the kind of unsung hero who serves as a role 
model not only to others in the black community, but to the community 
at large.


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