[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E220]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING DR. LINDA MILLER

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                          HON. THOMAS M. DAVIS

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 27, 1996

  Mr. DAVIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to one of Fairfax 
County's finest teachers. Dr. Linda Miller is being honored by the 
Organization of American Historians as cowinner of the 1996 Mary K. 
Bonsteel Tachau Pre-Collegiate Teaching Award. This award recognizes 
the contributions made by pre-collegiate teachers to improve history 
education and is given for activities which enhance the intellectual 
development of other history teachers and/or students. The award named 
for the late Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau of the University of Louisville, 
memorializes her career, especially her pathbreaking efforts to build 
bridges between university and pre-collegiate history teachers.
  Dr. Miller has been teaching in the Fairfax County Public School 
System since 1972. She started as a substitute teacher at various 
schools throughout the County. In 1973 she was a reading aide at Lake 
Braddock Secondary School. From 1974 to 1978 she taught social 
studies--civics--at Mark Twain Intermediate and Herndon Intermediate 
School served on summer curriculum committees developing map skills.
  From 1978 to the present Dr. Miller has been teaching at Fairfax High 
School where her classes include American Government, Political 
Science, gifted and talented world cultures, gifted and talented 
American Government, Advanced Placement European history, and world 
cultures.
  Dr. Miller's love of teaching is reflected not only by her receiving 
this award, but by instilling in her students an enthusiasm for 
government. At a time when public opinion of government and politics is 
low, Dr. Miller's dedication and success in educating her students and 
making American Government come alive, is a welcome addition.
  Dr. Miller's education is extensive she holds a Bachelor of Science 
in Education and Social Studies from the University of Kansas. She 
received a Master of Arts in Education in 1978. She received a 
Doctorate in Education from the University of Virginia in 1991.
  Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues join me in congratulating Dr. 
Miller for her honor and thanking her for her many years of dedicated 
service teaching in Fairfax County. We wish her much success in the 
future.

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