[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 23, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E246-E247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 IN RECOGNITION OF MRS. GLENNA GOODACRE

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                           HON. LARRY COMBEST

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 23, 1999

  Mr. COMBEST. Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct privilege to rise today 
to honor one of Texas', and our nation's, most accomplished artists, 
Glenna Goodacre, on her commendation as the 1999 College of Human 
Sciences Distinguished Leader by Texas Tech University.
  A native of Lubbock, Texas, Mrs. Goodacre is perhaps best known for 
her work as the sculptor of the Vietnam Women's Memorial at the Vietnam 
``Wall'' in Washington, D.C. Since its installation on the Mall in 
1993, her bronze depiction of nurses tending a wounded soldier has been 
appreciated by millions of visitors to our nation's capital. For more 
than twenty years before creating the women's memorial, she was well 
known and respected for her sculptural figures, especially her 
interesting compositions of active children, which continue to be her 
favorite subjects. Glenna also enjoyed a successful career as a painter 
for many years before creating her first three dimensional work.
  Glenna Goodacre's pieces are in numerous private, corporate, national 
and international collections. She has more than 40 bronze portraits in 
public collections, including sculptures of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 
Barbara Jordon, General Henry ``Hap'' Arnold, and Katherine Anne 
Porter. Her bronze sculpture of President Ronald Reagan stands nearly 
eight feet tall and graces both the Reagan Presidential Library and the 
National Cowboy Hall of Fame. In 1998, Mrs. Goodacre was selected by 
the U.S. Mint as one of only a handful of artists to submit designs for 
a new Sacagawea dollar coin for the year 2000. Her portrayal of 
Sacagawea with her infant son was chosen,

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by popular demand, to be featured on the obverse of the coin. She was 
also selected as the winning sculptor for the proposed Irish Famine 
Memorial to be installed in downtown Philadelphia some time after the 
year 2000.
  Her work is widely exhibited and has won awards from both the 
National Sculpture Society and the National Academy of Design. She was 
named an American Art Master by American Artist Magazine and has also 
received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from her alma mater, 
Colorado College as well as an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from 
Texas Tech University.
  Knowing Glenna and having visited her studios in Santa Fe, New 
Mexico, I am certain this latest honor will hold a special place in her 
heart. It is my great privilege to recognize Glenna Goodacre for this 
achievement and the outstanding contributions she continues to make 
through her art.

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