[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 30, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E40]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TRIBUTE TO MILTON W. HINTON, A GREAT LIVING CINCINNATIAN

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 30, 2001

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Milton W. Hinton, 
a community leader who will be honored as a Great Living Cincinnatian 
by the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce on February 9, 2001. He 
was selected for his outstanding community service, business and civic 
accomplishments, awareness of the needs of others and achievements that 
have brought favorable attention to the Cincinnati area.
  Milton was born and raised in Glassboro, New Jersey, and he has spent 
the last thirty years in Cincinnati. He earned his bachelor's and 
master's degrees from Glassboro State College, and, in 1969, he 
received his doctorate in education from Columbia University.
  Throughout his life, Milton has been deeply committed to education 
and to efforts promoting civil rights and improved race relations. He 
began his teaching career in the Philadelphia and Glassboro public 
school systems. He then went on to become Head of the Department of 
Special Education at Virginia State University, He moved to our area in 
1970 after the University of Cincinnati offered him a teaching 
position. At the University, he has served as a Professor, Department 
head and Vice Provost.
  Milton also has had a strong presence at the National Association for 
the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). While in New Jersey he 
served for five years as President of the Glassboro branch of the NAACP 
and for an additional eight years as President of the Gloucester County 
branch. At the Cincinnati chapter of the NAACP, he served as President 
from 1994 until his recent retirement this past December. Because of 
his leadership and hard work, the chapter has seen its membership grow 
from 700 to approximately 3,500, and, with it, the effectiveness of the 
chapter also has tremendously increased. One of his most noteworthy 
accomplishments at the chapter is the development of a Citizens Review 
Panel for the Cincinnati Police Division.
  He and his wife, Betti, continue to live in Cincinnati. The have one 
son, one daughter and two granchildren.
  All of us in the Cincinnati area congratulate Milton on being named a 
Great Living Cincinnatian, and we look forward to his continued 
leadership in our area.

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