[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 93 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1347]
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                              KUDOS TO KSU

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                             HON. BOB BARR

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 26, 1997

  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit an extension 
of remarks into the Congressional Record ``Kudos to KSU,'' an article 
that appeared in the Marietta Daily Journal on June 24, 1997, 
congratulating Kennesaw State University for its selection of Clarice 
C. Bagwell as its recipient of an honorary doctorate of humane letters. 
This article quite accurately reflects the tremendous work that Ms. 
Bagwell has accomplished over the years, in support of the Georgia and 
National Parent-Teacher Association [PTA]. I lend my voice to that of 
this esteemed newspaper in congratulating Ms. Clarice Bagwell on 
receiving Kennesaw State University's very first honorary degree.

                              Kudos to KSU

       We applaud Kennesaw State University administration's 
     choice for its first honorary degree.
       KSU's President Betty L. Siegel presented an honorary 
     doctorate of humane letters to Clarice C. Bagwell. A longtime 
     educator, Mrs. Bagwell served as president of the Georgia PTA 
     for three years and on the PTA's national board of directors 
     for six years in the 1960s. Her late husband, Leland Bagwell, 
     taught high school chemistry in Canton before founding 
     American Proteins, now the world's largest producer of 
     poultry by-products. When he died in 1972. Mrs. Bagwell 
     helped their son take charge of the company.
       Early this year, American Proteins gave Kennesaw State the 
     largest gift it has ever received--680 acres of land in 
     Bartow County--on behalf of the Bagwell family. KSU 
     subsequently named its College of Education after Leland and 
     Clarice Bagwell.
       Mrs. Bagwell not only has given the university monetary 
     gifts, she has volunteered many hours of service as a member 
     of the KSU Foundation Board of Trustees for 15 years, serving 
     on the board's Executive Committee and heading the Special 
     Projects Committee. She maintains a busy schedule as the co-
     owner and chairman of the board of American Proteins and as a 
     volunteer with scouting organizations and an elementary 
     school in Forsyth County, where she lives today.
       Back in 1991, the university honored its ``good and 
     faithful servant and steward'' by establishing the Clarice C. 
     Bagwell Medal for Distinguished Service, awarded annually to 
     others who serve the institution well. President Siegel said 
     at commencement that Mrs. Bagwell ``casts a long and splendid 
     shadow in the history of our university.'' We also applaud 
     Mrs. Bagwell for her exemplary example as a volunteer and 
     philanthropist for the benefit of education.

     

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