[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 26 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO PATRICIA CAMPBELL GLENN

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                          HON. DONALD M. PAYNE

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 9, 2000

  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my colleagues here in the 
House of Representatives to join me in honoring a woman of remarkable 
accomplishments, Patricia Campbell Glenn, who has earned a reputation 
as an outstanding public servant.
  As the Regional Director of the United States Department of Justice, 
Community Relations Service in Region II consisting of New York, New 
Jersey, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, her agency is 
responsible for the mediation of all community-based racial and ethnic 
disputes. Ms. Glenn has the distinction of being the only female 
director in the country. During her tenure at the Department, she was 
deputized as a special U.S. Marshall in Conway County, Arkansas; she 
mediated systemic issues cases in federal correctional facilities, and 
she mediated disputes between Native Americans and the federal 
government. In 1996, she was selected to direct the National Arson Task 
Force in Washington, D.C. for the Community Relations Service. The Task 
Force had the direct responsibility for the resolution of all disputes 
related to the arson of churches. Ms. Glenn has conducted Hate Crime 
training with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center out of 
Glynco, Georgia since 1992, the U.S. Trustees, Bankruptcy Courts, the 
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Secret Service, Uniform Division.
  Her impressive achievements include being selected as one of the 
fifty outstanding females in the Justice system; becoming the first 
female to receive the Outstanding Regional Director Award; being listed 
in Who's Who in American Women and in the Midwest; and being selected 
in 1998 as National Mother of the Year by the Ashley Steward Retail 
Association. In addition, she was responsible for the first nationwide 
agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide 
assistance when problems between races and cultures arose during 
national disasters; mediation of community concern regarding police 
practices in Paterson, New Brunswick, Montclair and Newark, New Jersey; 
mediation between African American and Jewish faculty at Kean 
University; and many other achievements. She received a B.S. in English 
Education from Ohio State University and an M.A. in Speech 
Communication from Montclair State University. She has lectured at Yale 
University, conducted classes at Passaic Community College, taught 
Conflict Resolution in Moscow and established conflict resolution 
programs in St. Petersburg and Komi, Russia. Currently, she is an 
adjunct instructor at Montclair State University.
  Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues join me in paying tribute to a 
remarkable public servant, Patricia Campbell Glenn, for her highly 
successful work and in wishing her all the best in her future 
endeavors.

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