[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E25]
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                         FORTY YEARS OF SERVICE

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                         HON. RONALD V. DELLUMS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 27, 1998

  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, on January 29, 1998, Dr. Benjamin Major, 
M.D., M.P.H., will be honored for over 40 years of volunteer service to 
Bay Area communities. A specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. 
Major has over thirty-five years of experience in practice, with 
service in not only the United States, but in Africa as well. Dr. Major 
also possesses a widely varied background in working with private and 
international agencies providing such services as health planning, 
project management and manpower development.
  From 1941-1943, Dr. Major attended Fisk University in Tennessee, to 
begin his pre-medical education. He then went on to Meharry Medical 
College in 1946, also located in Tennessee. From 1946-1951, Dr. Major 
entered into an internship and residency program in obstetrics and 
gynecology in the City Hospital System in St. Louis, Missouri. He then 
completed a Master of Public Health Degree in Health/Family Planning at 
the California School of Public Health, University of California, 
Berkeley.
  Over his distinguished career, Dr. Major has utilized his knowledge 
of many different areas of medicine in behalf of the community. These 
experiences include work as an Instructor and Lecturer in Behavioral 
and Biomedical Aspects of Family Planning; an Instructor in 
International Health Programs; an Instructor in Health Education (Sex 
and Family Life), and; by providing clinical training in MCH/FP for 
African midwives as part of an ongoing project that was started at 
Meharry College in Tennessee. Dr. Major has generously donated his time 
and skills to many organizations and hospitals. A principle beneficiary 
of Dr. Major's expertise has been Planned Parenthood, where he has 
volunteered for many years with such duties as comprehensive family 
planning, public health, pre-natal care, infant care and abortion 
education.
  Dr. Major has greatly contributed to the health and well-being of 
many communities, not only at home but abroad as well. Dr. Major is 
also to be commended on his many years of accomplishments, and his 
commitment to teaching others less fortunate.
  I congratulate him and thank him for his many years of valuable 
service, and commend his service to the attention of my colleagues.

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