[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 16, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E812]
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 STATEMENT APPLAUDING CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER INDUCTION INTO THE 
                     NATIONAL TEACHERS HALL OF FAME

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                       HON. JESSE L. JACKSON, JR.

                              of illinios

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 16, 2001

  Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to recognize Dr. 
Emiel Hamberlin, who is being inducted into the National Teachers Hall 
of Fame today. Today's children need a balance of guidance and 
knowledge, and I am glad to see that Chicago's Public schools and its 
students are being fortified by teachers like Dr. Hamberlin.
  Dr. Hamberlin has been teaching biology and Horticulture 
Environmental Sciences for the past 36 years in Chicago public schools. 
His honors and awards include City of Chicago Teacher of the Year, the 
Kohl Family Foundation International Educator, Who's Who Among Black 
Americans, and the Golden Apple Foundation Academy Fellowship, and he 
has been recognized as one of Newsweek Magazine's America's 100 Heroes.
  Dr. Hamberlin has applied a practical application of his science 
curriculum that includes educating his pupils in small business and 
small business enterprises. Through the Ornamental Horticulture 
Program, he and his students developed a landscaping club where student 
were paid for producing public and private landscapes throughout the 
city.
  He and his students have also developed an award winning Urban 
Ecology Sanctuary where they studied, maintained and housed various 
animals, numerous plant life, and unique ecosystems all within an 
enclosed courtyard on their high school campus. Dr. Hamberlin has shown 
that classrooms can be stimulating experiences for all types of 
students, and they can have first hand experience at life's lessons.
  Dr. Hamberlin has demonstrated what a great impact a teacher can have 
on our children, and we are glad to have him teaching the children of 
Chicago. Dr. Hamberlin, thank you for your years of dedication to the 
most noble of services, and may you continue to influence and inspire 
students for many years to come.

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