[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2195]
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             IN HONOR OF THE RETIREMENT OF BARBARA B. ASWAD

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                          HON. DAVID E. BONIOR

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 15, 2000

  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor one of our country's 
great scholar-educators, Dr. Barbara B. Aswad of Wayne State 
University. Dr. Aswad is retiring from Wayne State after 30 years as a 
professor of Middle Eastern Cultural Anthropology. Her research has 
focused on peasant culture, women and family studies, and urban 
anthropology.
  Professor Aswad has conducted field studies in Arab villages and 
Turkish towns in the Middle East as well as in Arab-American 
communities here in the United States. She is a Fulbright Scholar and 
has published three books and 32 scholarly articles and chapters in 
books on Middle Eastern social organization. In 1991 she was elected 
President of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, the 
professional association for professors of Middle Eastern disciplines. 
Dr. Aswad was also a recipient of the prestigious Alumni Faculty 
Service Award for her service to Wayne State.
  In addition to her many contributions to academic research and 
lengthy service in professional organizations, Dr. Aswad must be 
recognized for her dedication to her students, her department, and the 
Arab-American Community. She is widely respected by her peers not only 
as a fine educator, but as a wonderful person as well.
  While Wayne State University may be losing a faculty member, ACCESS 
and other organizations that Dr. Aswad is so dedicated to will still 
have a strong voice in our community. Please join me in wishing Dr. 
Barbara Aswad all the best in her retirement from Wayne State 
University.

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