[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 111 (Monday, August 2, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1718]
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                      TRIBUTE TO HUGH CHISOLM DALE

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                          HON. SONNY CALLAHAN

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, August 2, 1999

  Mr. CALLAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Hugh Chisolm Dale 
who received the honorary Doctor of Humanities degree on May 15, 1999, 
from Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina.
  Without question, Hugh Dale is one of Erskine's most loyal alumni, 
and one of South Alabama's most outstanding citizens. Erskine awarded 
him the Alumni Distinguished Service Award in 1972 and the Algernon 
Sydney Sullivan Award in 1987. In addition, he served as a member of 
the Erskine Board of Trustees for twelve years, and was Chairman of the 
Board from 1967 to 1969.
  While he is naturally proud of his relationship to his alma mater, 
Mr. Dale has also been a one-man chamber of commerce for his hometown 
of Camden, Alabama. He retired as senior vice President with the Camden 
National Bank in 1973, having first started with the bank back in 1951. 
In this capacity, he was often called upon to help lead numerous civic 
and community events which, in turn, helped the growth and development 
of Camden and Wilcox County.
  Mr. Dale is the son of Hugh Henry Dale and Lillie Packer Chisolm and 
was born in Camden in 1911. He was valedictorian of the 1928 Wilcox 
County High School class and graduated cum laude from Erskine with a BA 
in chemistry in 1932. In 1935, he received a Master of Arts degree, 
also in chemistry, from Columbia University.
  The first ten years after graduation were spent teaching school in 
Alabama, South Carolina, and Georgia. He then served in the United 
States Air Force as a preflight instructor during the Second World War, 
rising to the rank of Major. For the five years immediately following 
the war he worked for the Veterans Administration in Montgomery. After 
that, he returned to his hometown of Camden, where he has lived ever 
since.
  Mr. Dale is married to the former Margaret Isabel Ware, and they have 
two daughters, Margaret Caroline Dale Austin and Jane Shelton Dale, 
both of whom also graduated from Erskine College. He has been a deacon 
and elder in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, in Camden, 
where he served for years as its treasurer.
  Mr. Speaker, Hugh Dale is a man of the highest moral character, and 
he has lived his entire life with the aim of serving his fellow man. It 
is appropriate that Erskine College recognized one of its most 
outstanding alumni in this way, and it is a tribute for a job well 
done.
  I salute Mr. Dale for his many lifetime achievements, and wish him 
only good health and God's Blessings as he continues on life's journey.

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