[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN HONOR OF CHANCELLOR DR. VIVIAN B. BLEVINS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
                  OF RANCHO SANTIAGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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                          HON. LORETTA SANCHEZ

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 24, 1997

  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
honor Dr. Vivian B. Blevins' extraordinary commitment to education and 
to providing access to all students throughout her tenure as chancellor 
of Rancho Santiago Community College.
  As chancellor, Dr. Blevins has been instrumental in promoting active 
engagement and participation between students, community leaders, and 
businesses. She has also been persistent in reaching out to the Asian-
Pacific American and Latino/Chicano community.
  Her many career accomplishments at the local level include: Kennedy 
Partners Board of the Orange County Human Relations Council, the 
Executive Board of Santa Ana 2000, the Board of the Delhi Center, the 
Advisory Board of Career Beginnings of Orange County, and the Board of 
Directors of KinderCaminata.
  At the national level she has recently completed a 2-year term as 
chair of the Commission for the Office of Minorities in Higher 
Education of the American Council on Education. She was also chair of 
the Women's Caucus of the American Association of Higher Education in 
1996-97 and is currently legislative liaison of the caucus. She is on 
the executive board of the board of directors of the Hispanic 
Association of Colleges and Universities [HACU] and is currently 
working on a cultural diversity track for the second international 
conference sponsored by HACU and the Bureau of Land Management.
  I would like my colleagues in Congress to join me in recognizing 
Chancellor Vivian B. Blevins for her outstanding service to her 
community. Her many outstanding accomplishments clearly mark her as an 
outstanding intellectual and inspirational leader. The citizens of 
Orange County have been very fortunate to have such a remarkable 
individual working for them. Let us wish Chancellor Blevins many years 
of enjoyment and happiness in her future endeavors.

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