[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 54 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E639]
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                        TRIBUTE TO CHARLIE BROWN

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 26, 2001

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a good 
friend and former student Charlie Brown of Hilton Head Island, South 
Carolina. Mr. Brown was recently named a recipient of the J. Willard 
Marriott Award of Excellence for 2001.
  Mr. Brown is the Community Relations and Supplier Diversity Manager 
for Marriott Vacation Club International on Hilton Head Island. He is a 
consumate team player, noted for assisting anyone in need and being the 
first to lend a helping hand. Mr. Brown has become legendary for always 
being the first to arrive after a hurricane to assist with evacuations 
and to see where he can be of the most help.
  Committed to his community as well as his job, Mr. Brown helped to 
establish the Hilton Head Medical Center Community Relations Work Group 
in 1997. He worked toward the start of this group after seeing a need 
for more open lines of communication between the minority community and 
the Hilton Head Medical Center and Clinics. Mr. Brown has also been 
instrumental in seeing the vision of a Minority Business Council on 
Hilton Head move from the talking stage to fruition.
  Selflessly devoting his time, Mr. Brown serves on the boards of the 
Hilton Head Island Community Foundation, Hilton Head Island American 
Heart Association, Beaufort County First National Bank, and the NAACP/
Housing Initiative Project. In addition, he is the chairman-elect of 
the Hilton Head Chamber of Commerce and the chairman of the Island 
Recreation Center Fastline Track Club.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join with me and my fellow South 
Carolinians in honoring Mr. Charlie Brown. He is a wonderful example of 
commitment to career and community alike and is well-deserving of the 
Marriott Award of Excellence.

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