[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 145 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12450-S12451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING WALTER SELLERS

  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to the 
distinguished career of Walter G. Sellers of Wilberforce, Ohio--who has 
recently completed his term as president of Kiwanis International.
  Mr. Sellers is the first African-American to serve as Kiwanis 
International President. For 32 years, he was a member of the Kiwanis 
Club in Xenia, Ohio. In 1990, he was elected to the Kiwanis 
International Board of Trustees. He served as Vice President and 
Treasurer before becoming President.
  All Ohioans are proud of Mr. Sellers' outstanding stewardship of one 
of the largest service clubs in the world. But we also know that his 
service to our community extends beyond his work with the Kiwanis 
organization. He has served as President of the Xenia Board of 
Education and President of the Ohio School Boards Association. And he 
has done great work on many other public-service boards in Ohio.
  Walter Sellers has dedicated his life to improving the lives of the 
people of Ohio, especially in the field of education. We are all 
extremely grateful for his efforts--and I ask my colleagues to join me 
in wishing him all the best in his next endeavors.
  Mr. President, on a personal note, I have known Walt Sellers for 
many, many years as a community leader in my home county of Greene 
County. I also have known Walt for the great work he has done at 
Central State. I know when I served on the Board of Trustees at Central 
State in the late

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1970s, Walter was there to help guide. So he has been a great asset to 
that wonderful institution as well.

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