[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 18 (Tuesday, February 2, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E115-E116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING MRS. RUTH ANN HALL

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                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 2, 1999

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an extraordinary woman, 
Mrs. Ruth Ann Hall of Waldorf, MD who passed away on January 18, 1999. 
Her passing is a tremendous loss for her family and all the people who 
knew her.
  Ruth Ann graduated from Charles County Community College and the 
University of Maryland and was a teacher for the Charles County Public 
Schools for more than 20 years. She was voted outstanding teacher of 
the year in the mid-1980s, was a past president of the Education 
Association of Charles County and was active in many political 
associations.
  Christa McAuliffe, one of our country's best known teachers, used as 
her credo: ``I touch the future, I teach.'' Ruth Ann touched, indeed 
she embraced and shaped, the future. Ruth Ann fought tirelessly for 
children and for their teachers. She advocated public policies that 
would benefit our students and recognize the critical importance and 
inestimable worth of

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those we entrust to expand the minds of our children, our teachers.
  Ruth Ann was the embodiment of excellence and enthusiasm. She 
inspired her students and colleagues. She was what every parent would 
want for their children--a person with great ability, who loved 
children and enriched their lives and shaped their future and, in turn, 
our country's future.
  Her love of politics was a joy to behold. She was a leader--by 
example, by conviction, by courage, and by extraordinary competence.
  Ruth Ann Hall was, in sum, one of those very special people who make 
a difference. She was a good and decent person, whose goals and ideals 
motivated her actions. I extend my deepest sympathy to Ruth Ann's 
husband, Bob; her parents George and Anna Collier, her brother George 
Collier, Jr., her son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Laura Ann Johnson, 
and her granddaughters, Kaitlyn and Eryn Johnson. Ruth Ann Hall will be 
remembered as an outstanding teacher, a loving wife and mother, and a 
very special friend to all who knew her.

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