[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E546]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        TRIBUTE TO MARION JOSEPH

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 24, 1999

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Marion Joseph, an 
extraordinary citizen of San Mateo County, California, who will be 
inducted into the San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame on Friday, 
March 26, 1999.
  Marion Joseph has devoted more than 38 years as a volunteer and a 
professional to improve the lives of California's youth. Marion has 
focused specifically on disadvantaged and special education students. 
In the early 1960's she designed and implemented a program that served 
more than 700 children a week and involved over 300 tutors in centers 
throughout the poorest sections of Sacramento.
  During the 1970's she served on the Senior Executive Staff of the 
State Department of Education where she was a key architect of the 
California Master Plan for Education. Marion was critical to the School 
Improvement Plan, a plan which helped parents become more active in 
their child's education.
  Marion is currently serving her second term on the State Board of 
Education and is affectionately called the ``Paul Revere of Reading.'' 
Marion Joseph came out of retirement to find a solution to the problem 
of failing reading scores in California and the result of her 
extraordinary work was The Reading Lions Project.
  Mr. Speaker, Marion Joseph is an outstanding woman. I salute her for 
her remarkable contributions and commitment to our community and I ask 
my colleagues to join me in honoring her on being inducted into the San 
Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame.

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