[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 102 (Wednesday, September 6, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S8101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF MRS. CORETTA OGBURN

 Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I would like to take this 
opportunity to recognize Mrs. Coretta Ogburn who died on Monday July 
31, 2000. She was born on July 30, 1909 in Pittsburgh to the late Sally 
and Henry Black.
  Mrs. Ogburn graduated from the Pittsburgh Public School System and 
later became employed for many years with the Allegheny County Health 
Department from which she retired in the 1970s. She was also well known 
as a dedicated and highly respected community leader for her committed 
efforts to her Church and community organizations. She was actively 
involved in the Negro Emergency Education Drive (NEED), the Urban 
League, the YWCA, the YMCA, and the Pittsburgh branch of the NAACP.
  During her tenure as a member of the NAACP, Mrs. Ogburn sat on the 
Executive Committee, Human Rights Dinner Committee, Scholarship 
Committee, Women in the NAACP (WIN), and the Membership Committee. As 
Chair of the Membership Committee, she was instrumental in increasing 
branch memberships for the organization, and in 1958, she received her 
first award for soliciting the most NAACP memberships. In addition, the 
National Office of the NAACP awarded Mrs. Ogburn a medal for her 
accomplishments as one of the top membership solicitors in the entire 
nation. Mrs. Ogburn was awarded several other awards for her commitment 
and dedication to this organization.
  It is an honor for me to recognize Mrs. Coretta Ogburn and the 
selfless time and energy she put towards her community. She was a true 
civil servant and community leader, and Pittsburgh was very blessed to 
have her a resident of its city. She cared a great deal for her loved 
ones, illustrated true dedication to the organizations which she 
belonged, and will be sorely missed by all those who knew her.

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