[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 45 (Tuesday, April 11, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E539]
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                    TRIBUTE TO SARA MARTINEZ TUCKER

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                           HON. HENRY BONILLA

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 11, 2000

  Mr. BONILLA. Mr. Speaker, today I recognize Sara Martinez Tucker for 
her outstanding leadership. Sara is the president and CEO of the 
Hispanic Scholarship Fund [HSF], the nation's leading Hispanic 
scholarship granting organization. In 1999, Sara secured a $50 million 
grant from the Lily Foundation, which was the largest direct donation 
for Hispanic higher education ever. Under Sara's leadership, HSF has 
instituted community college transfer and high school senior 
scholarship programs.
  Sara is a native of Laredo, Texas. She graduated from my alma mater, 
the University of Texas in Austin, with a bachelor's degree in 
journalism. She returned to get her master's of business administration 
graduating with high honors. She is currently a member of UT's 
Chancellor's Council, the College of Natural Sciences Foundation 
Advisory Council, and the College of Communication Foundation Advisory 
Council.
  Sara is also the chair of the Golden Gate University Board of 
Trustees. At a national level, she sits on the board for the steering 
committee of the Council for Aid to Education and the Coca-Cola 
Scholars Foundation's National Selection Committee. For the third 
consecutive year, Mrs. Tucker was honored as one of Hispanic Business 
Magazine's 100 Most Influential Hispanics. In 1998, she received 
HISPANIC Magazine's Heritage Achievement Award for Education.
  Before HSF, Mrs. Tucker was a key executive with AT&T. In 1990, she 
became the first Hispanic female to reach AT&T's executive level. Sara 
served as the national vice president for AT&T's Global Business 
Communications Systems in her last assignment with AT&T.
  I would like to congratulate Sara on these significant achievements, 
and I would also like to thank her for the great contribution she has 
made to increase educational opportunity.