[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 71 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E959]
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                       HONORING ROBERT A. CHAPMAN

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                         HON. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 9, 2000

  Mr. ORTIZ. Mr. Speaker, today I pay tribute to a South Texas 
educator, Bob Chapman, who will retire on July 1, 2000, after 29 years 
in vocational and adult education. Bob helped make Corpus Christi a 
better place by virtue of his lifetime commitment to education.
  After completing his military experience, his education and a stint 
in business, Bob worked as a training instructor at a Texas high 
school, then went to work for the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in 1983.
  He served there as an area specialist, providing assistance to 
teachers, schools and administrators in a 26-county area in South 
Texas. From there, he went to Austin as a specialist in vocational 
education. In 1986, he came to Corpus Christi as a vocational education 
consultant in the Corpus Christi Independent School District (CCISD).
  It was at CCISD that Bob spent the better part of his professional 
life and in 1993 he became coordinator of the Adult Learning Center for 
CCISD, the position he will soon leave to seek another career in 
private industry.
  I ask my colleagues to join me today in commending a special patriot, 
one who spent a lifetime in pursuit of education and teaching, Bob 
Chapman.

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