[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 91 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H4829-H4830]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              WELCOME TO THE REVEREND DR. CALVIN V. FRENCH

  (Mr. BOSWELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOSWELL. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking 
our distinguished guest Chaplain Dr. Calvin French.
  Calvin French is a graduate of Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa, where 
he presently serves on the board of trustees. He received a B.S. degree 
in education from the University of Iowa, a master's degree from Temple 
University, with doctoral studies at Harvard University, and received 
his doctorate in educational administration from Drake University in 
Des Moines.
  He has given a lifetime of ministry with principal appointments to 
Philadelphia, Boston and Des Moines. For the past 20 years he has been 
the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Pastor of 
the Washington, D.C., congregation where he continues to serve on 
Massachusetts Avenue.
  Dr. French is a clinical member of the American Association of 
Marriage and Family Therapists. For 10 years he served on the board of 
Park College in Kansas City. He was appointed to the National 
Institutes of Health Advisory Board for Minorities Health and 
Education, Bethesda, Maryland, and for many years was a member of the 
executive board of the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed 
Forces.
  Dr. French was a delegate to the Attorney General's Commission on 
Pornography. He is currently a member of the Secretary of Education's 
Advisory Council on Partnership for Family Involvement in Education and 
has provided liaison services to U.S. Government units for the RLDS 
Church. On several occasions he has presented opening prayers in the 
U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.

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  He is an active member of Rotary International and served as 
president of the Washington, D.C., Rotary Club. He is presently 
president of the Rotary Foundation Board that provides financial 
support for 48 charitable organizations in Washington, D.C.
  His wife LaVon and their two children, Colin French, an attorney in 
Dallas, Texas, and Dr. Kelsey French, a clinical psychologist, 
Washington, D.C., are all graduates of Graceland College.

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