[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 85 (Monday, May 22, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S7132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 TRIBUTE TO DR. BRUCE FLINT, VICE CHANCELLOR EMERITUS, LOUISIANA STATE 
                     UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER

  Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, on Wednesday, May 31, 1995, Dr. Bruce 
Flint, the vice chancellor emeritus and retired director of the 
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, will be honored by his peers 
and colleagues at LSU and throughout the State of Louisiana.
  After achieving a degree in agricultural economics from LSU, Dr. 
Flint, who grew up on a farm in northeastern Louisiana, served 4 years 
in the U.S. Army before accepting his first extension position--as an 
assistant county agent in Union Parish--in 1956. Through the years, he 
served as an associate county agent, district program specialist, 
associate specialist for training and staff development, extension 
education specialist, division leader and State agent for personnel and 
programs. Along the way, he also obtained his masters degree in 
extension education from LSU and his doctoral degree in cooperative 
extension administration from the University of Wisconsin.
  In 1980, Dr. Flint was named assistant director of the extension 
service with responsibilities for personnel, business, and fiscal 
affairs of the organization, and in 1984, he was promoted to associate 
director. In mid-1988, he assumed leadership for the agricultural 
center's administrative services as its director, and in mid-1989, he 
was appointed as vice chancellor for administration and director of 
administrative services. Finally, in 1993, Dr. Flint returned to 
extension as vice chancellor and director of the Louisiana Cooperative 
Extension Service--the position he held until his retirement on April 
30, 1995. On April 21, 1995, the LSU Board of Supervisors named him 
Vice Chancellor Emeritus Bruce Flint in recognition of his remarkable 
career with the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service and the LSU 
Agricultural Center.
  That recognition capped a 39-year career during which Dr. Flint 
received a variety of honors, served on countless boards and 
committees, and was a member of several honor societies. Among those, 
he was a member of Epsilon Sigma Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta, the Adult 
Education Association, the Commission of Professors of Adult Education, 
and the American Legion.
  He also served as chairman of the LSU Continuing Education Council, 
the Midsouth Region Extension Workers Committee on Program Development 
and Management Information Services and a Louisiana Board of Regents 
task force studying statewide programs in agricultural research and 
public service--extension--as well as academic programs in agriculture, 
human ecology, forestry, wildlife, and fisheries.
  Mr. President, it is easy to ascertain that Bruce Flint not only 
possesses a remarkable mind and intellect, but has accomplished an 
unparalleled career. My hope is that others in Louisiana, and 
throughout America will model themselves after Dr. Flint's approach and 
commitment to both work and involvement within the community. Dr. Bruce 
Flint is a true asset to higher education, conservation programs, his 
family, and the community. He will be missed by his colleagues and 
peers and by all of Louisiana.


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