[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2192-E2193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          THE LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF DR. CHARLES STANISLAW

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                          HON. DAVID E. PRICE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 26, 1999

  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, a tragic accident in 
Macedonia October 16

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took the life of Dr. Charles Stanislaw, a North Carolina State 
University agriculture professor and cherished volunteer with the 
Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance, an international 
agriculture extension service organization. His passing has been met 
with an outpouring of love and admiration for his life's contributions.
  Charles Stanislaw, 65, grew up on a cattle farm in Pennsylvania, and 
managed a purebred beef cattle farm for three years before entering 
graduate school at Penn State University (M.S., 1962) and Oklahoma 
State University (Ph.D., 1966). Following graduate school, Dr. 
Stanislaw worked as a state Extension Swine Specialist with North 
Carolina State University. He developed and delivered educational 
programs in swine production for county agents in the areas of genetics 
and breeding, nutrition and feeding, building design, health 
management, and general production. He also managed the North Carolina 
Swine Demonstration Farm, supervised swine research units, and served 
in the National Swine Improvement Federation. Over 40 years of 
agriculture experience prepared him for his remarkable service in the 
Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (VOCA).
  His work for VOCA in Macedonia and other countries reflected his 
commitment to service and to improving the lives of farmers around the 
world. The expertise and care he provided were extremely valuable to 
the people and places that needed them most. It was clear, as his wife 
Edythe has expressed, that Charles was doing something very important 
to him in a country he loved. An extremely popular volunteer, Charles 
was working on his tenth assignment for VOCA.
  His colleagues have described him as a teacher, diplomat, and beloved 
friend. Upon learning of Dr. Stanislaw's death, those he served in 
Macedonia came to the VOCA office to express their sympathy and grief. 
One Macedonian said that her entire farm was based on Charles's work, 
and in a way was a monument to him.
  Dr. Stanislaw had great interest in his Carpatho-Rusyn ancestry, 
helped establish a website for Porac, Slovakia, the birthplace of his 
parents, and was presented with the city's flag by the Mayor of Porac. 
In collaboration with Dr. Jan Babik of Kosice, Slovakia, he was writing 
a history of Porac. At home in North Carolina, Dr. Stanislaw was 
presented a Hall of Fame Award by the N.C. Pork Council ``in 
appreciation of outstanding contributions and leadership to the pork 
industry and the North Carolina Pork Council.''
  Mr. Speaker, we mourn the passing of Dr. Charles Stanislaw with 
prayers for his wife, Edythe, two daughters, Christine Lynn and Leigh, 
their family and his many friends and admirers from Pennsylvania and 
North Carolina to Slovakia and Macedonia.

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