[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 8, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S4875]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TRIBUTE TO MS. DANETTA FAITH FISHER-RAINING BIRD

 Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
young Montanan. Ms. Danetta Faith Fisher-Raining Bird has been awarded 
a Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship, as 1 of 25 outstanding minority 
students entering the teaching profession.
  The Rockefeller Brothers Fund is in their fifth year of awarding 
these fellowships and I am proud that Danetta joins with four other 
native Americans from Montana who have received this award since the 
award began. With the stiff competition nationwide, it took a very 
strong commitment to the education of minorities and to improving 
teaching in public schools to be selected. No doubt Danetta met that 
challenge.
  This award will allow Danetta to take part in a summer project and to 
go on to graduate school to pursue further training in education or a 
related field. And once she begins teaching, the Rockefeller Brothers 
Fund will help with loan repayments. This is exactly the type of 
private sector involvement that our education system needs. And it is 
exactly what students like Danetta depend on in order to succeed these 
days.
  I congratulate Danetta on this achievement. I know she will put this 
award to good use and I am hopeful that she will not only continue her 
studies in our great State, but use her valuable training to improve 
the education for other native Americans. I am proud of her as a 
Montanan and as a representative of our future and I wish her all the 
best.

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