[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 130 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1853]
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U.S. ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY ANNOUNCES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC 
                   RECOGNITION SYSTEM [STARS] FELLOWS

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                        HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 25, 1997

  Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, recently, Dr. John Lyons, Director, U.S. Army 
Research Laboratory [ARL] announced the first recipients of ARL's 
Science and Technology Academic Recognition System [STARS] fellowships 
for students enrolled in historically black colleges and universities 
and other minority institutions. I am pleased to congratulate this 
year's recipients: LaDonna Nettles from Gautier, MS, Makeda Smith from 
Birmingham, AL, and Theodore Anthony from Baltimore, MD. Both Ms. 
Nettles and Ms. Smith are students at Xavier University and Mr. Anthony 
is a student at Morgan State University.
  The STARS initiative is designed to increase the number of minority 
scientists and engineers as we enter the millennium. It provides 
tuition and expenses for the senior undergraduate year and 2 years of 
graduate school. STARS awards can total $100,000 each of the 3 years. 
Information about the program may be obtained by writing: Betty Irby, 
Senior Analyst of ARL, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Power Mill 
Road, Adelphi, MD 20783, ATTN: AMSRL-SP. I encourage all interested 
parties to learn more about this valuable program.

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