[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 1, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E670-E671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING DR. TJ OWENS

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 1, 2001

  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I wish to congratulate Dr. TJ Owens, Vice 
President of Student Services, who is retiring this month after 10 
years of service to the students of Gavilan Community College in 
Gilroy, CA. Dr. Owens will be much missed by the students, faculty and 
administration of Gavilan College.
  Dr. TJ Owens began his career as a teacher in Barstow, California, 
after earning his degree from Fresno State. Upon completion of his 
Masters Degree in Counseling and Guidance Education, he served as the 
Assistant Dean and then the Dean of Student Services at San Jose City 
College, which is when I first met him. He became the Vice President of 
Student Services at Gavilan Community College in 1981.
  Dr. Owens' commitment to the community, and to education, runs deep: 
he is a board member of the Gilroy Unified School District and the 
Gilroy Gang Task Force. He also chairs the Charles, Sr. and Ernestine 
Williams Foundation. He belongs to the Association of California 
Community College Administrators, the Faculty Association of California 
Community Colleges, and the California Community College Chief Student 
Services Association.
  I want to thank Dr. TJ Owens for his friendship, and for his 
dedication to Gilroy and to

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Gavilan College, and to wish him all the best in the next phase of his 
life.

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