[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 96 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1489-E1490]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    IN MEMORY OF BETTY SUR GUERRERO

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                        HON. ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD

                                of guam

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, July 1, 1999

  Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, the island of Guam bids farewell to an 
esteemed resident. Betty Sur Guerrero, a colleague in the field of 
education and public administration, was called to her eternal rest 
last Monday, June 28, 1999.
  The daughter of Chai Kuen and Bok Soo Sur, Betty was born in 
Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 25, 1926. Having graduated from St. Francis 
Convent High School in Hawaii, she went on to attend Graceland Junior 
College in Lamoni, Iowa--earning an A.A. Degree in 1946. Later, in 
1948, the Iowa Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa, awarded her a 
B.S.

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Degree in Social Sciences. In 1949, she was conferred an M.A. Degree in 
Social Sciences from the Colorado State College in Greely, Colorado.
  Betty went on to become active in Guam's political, civic, and 
community affairs. Having married an island-resident, Joe Castro 
Guerrero, Betty moved to Guam in the 1950's. From 1951 to 1960, she 
worked as a teacher in the Guam public school system. Between 1954 and 
1957, she also worked as a part-time instructor at the University of 
Guam. In 1960, prior to being hired as a budget and management analyst 
for the Government of Guam's Bureau of Budget and Management, she made 
a move from teaching to school administration. In 1968, she was named 
director of the Head Start program for the University of Guam and, in 
1969, she became the assistant to the President of the University.
  From 1969 to 1976, Betty administered the Comprehensive Health 
Planning Program while, at the same time, serving as Executive Director 
to the Territorial Planning Council. She worked as a consultant for the 
Guam Legislature's Committee on Territorial-Federal Affairs from 1977 
until 1979, when she was named Director of the Bureau of Planning. She 
served under this capacity until 1983. In 1984, she resumed work with 
the Department of Education as an opportunity room teacher. She worked 
for this program designed to help troubled students until 1987.
  Although she might have taken it slow after her Department of 
Education job, Betty never really retired. She kept herself occupied 
with a wide range of activities. She was always willing to impart and 
share her expertise, enthusiasm, and energies to deserving activities 
and projects. We have been blessed to have her choose to be part of our 
community. The legacy she leaves behind includes almost five decades of 
government and community service. She will be greatly missed by all of 
us on Guam.
  On behalf of the people of Guam, I join her children, Leonard, 
Clarice, and Stephen, who, together with her grandchildren, Nicole, 
Ashley, Kathleen, Mason, and Stephen II, in celebrating her life and 
mourning the loss of a mother, a grandmother, and fellow educator. 
Adios, Betty.

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