[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 12 (Thursday, February 10, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E118]
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 IN RECOGNITION OF DR. JEWELLE TAYLOR GIBBS FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO 
THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 10, 2000

  Mrs. LEE. Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege and an honor to stand before 
you today and pay tribute to an outstanding educator from the great 
State of California and my congressional district, Dr. Jewelle Taylor 
Gibbs.
  After a distinguished 20 year career in teaching and research, Dr. 
Gibbs is retiring from the University of California at Berkeley's 
School of Social Welfare, where she has served as the Zellerbach Family 
Fund Professor of Community Change and Practice.
  Dr. Gibbs, who graduated from Radcliffe College with honors, received 
her M.S.W., M.A., and PhD degrees from the University of California at 
Berkeley. She is a licensed clinical psychologist whose areas of 
specialization focus on the psychosocial problems of adolescent, social 
and mental health issues of low-income and minority populations.
  Dr. Gibbs is the authority of Young, Black and Male in America: An 
Endangered Species (1988) and co-author of Children of Color: 
Psychological Interventions with Minority Youth (1989), as well as 
numerous book chapters, articles and essays. In Fall of 1994, she was a 
Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto (Canada). She has also 
been a Visiting Scholar at the University of London, the National 
Institute of Social Work in England, McGill University (Canada), Wayne 
State University, and the Claremont College system.
  Dr. Gibbs is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Div. 
27) and of the American Orthopsychiatric Association. She has also 
served on the Board of Directors and Editorial Board of the American 
Orthopsychiatric Association, The Publications Board of the National 
Association of Social Workers and is a founding member of the Advisory 
Council of the National Center for Children in Poverty. She has also 
served as a member of the Board of Regents of Santa Clara University in 
Santa Clara, California and has been a consultant to the Carnegie 
Foundation and the Ford Foundation. From 1977-79 she served as a member 
of the Special Populations Task Panel of the President's Commission on 
Mental Health.
  In 1987, Dr. Gibbs was the recipient of the McCormick Award from the 
American Association of Suicidology for her research on minority youth 
suicide. In 1990, she received an Alumnae Achievement Award from 
Radcliffe College, where she currently serves on the Board of Trustees. 
She has also received numerous other awards for her research and 
advocacy on behalf of African-American youth from national, state and 
local groups including the Northern California Chapter of the NAACP-
Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the National Association for Equal 
Opportunity in Higher Education, the National Black Child Development, 
Institute, the city of Detroit and the Michigan State Legislature.
  In 1985, Dr. Gibbs was a Fellow at the Bunting Research Institute at 
Radcliffe College and from 1991-92 she was a Distinguished Visiting 
Scholar at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in 
Washington, D.C. In 1991, she was also selected as a Scholar for the 
21st Century Commission on Black Males in Washington, D.C. She 
currently serves on the Presidio Advisory Council in San Francisco.
  Dr. Gibbs is listed in the Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who 
Among Human Service Professionals, Who's Who in Education and Who's Who 
Among Black Americans. She has lectured in Canada, England, Japan and 
Hawaii and is a frequent guest on radio and television programs about 
youth and inner-city issues.
  The above reflects just a sampling of Dr. Gibbs' illustrious career. 
As a trailblazer in the area of social work, she has provided 
outstanding service to our nation and I am sure she will continue to do 
so throughout the years to come.
  In closing, I congratulate Dr. Gibbs, once again, on her retirement 
and wish her the very best in all of her future endeavors.

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