[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 29, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E723]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               TRIBUTE TO REV. DR. ALLEN EUGENE ORR, SR.

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                         HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 28, 1995
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the State of Florida has 
suffered a tremendous loss with the passing of Reverend Doctor Allen 
Eugene Orr, Sr.
  Allen Eugene Orr was born on September 16, 1931 in Fern Park, FL, to 
the Late Reverend E.J. and Sarah Orr. He attended elementary school in 
Altamonte Springs and was an honor graduate of Hungerford High School 
in Eatonville, FL. Allen won the Lewis State Scholarship, a 4-year 
scholarship which was awarded by the State of Florida. He attended 
Florida A&M College where he received a bachelor of science degree. He 
attended the University of Vermont on a National Science Foundation 
grant and also attended Florida State University. He earned a master's 
degree and subsequently a doctor of education degree from the 
University of Miami (Florida).
  As a commissioned officer in the U.S. Armed Forces, Lieutenant Orr 
served his country at home and in Germany. As an educator, he devoted 
over 30 years of his life in Broward County as a teacher of science in 
the middle and high schools, as an assistant principal and the director 
of human relations at the county level. He was a member of the Alpha 
Phi Alpha Fraternity, Phi Delta Kappa, and the Masons.
  He was ordained as an A.M.E. Minister of the Gospel. He was an astute 
scholar of the Bible, and he radiated an unceasing love for the 
ministry. He served as pastor of Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church in Miami, 
FL; St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Delray Beach, FL; and Mt. Zion A.M.E. 
Church in West Hollywood, FL.
  Reverend Doctor Orr was united in holy matrimony to Dorothy Jackson 
in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. To this union, three sons and a daughter were 
born.
  Allen was a personal friend since childhood. He will be sorely missed 
by all.


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