[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1344-E1345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO DANIEL BROWN

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 17, 2001

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Mr. Daniel Brown. 
For the past three decades he has been a proponent of higher education 
in northwest Ohio, serving our community as President of Owens 
Community College.
  Mr. Brown has been affiliated with Owens since its inception in 1965, 
serving in various capacities that culminated in his serving the past 
seventeen years as President. Always a proponent of the student, he has 
been the watchdog on tuition increases. He proved his commitment to 
higher education by lowering tuition five percent for the 2000-01 
academic year. Through his hard work and dedication, Owens and its 
Findlay campus have excelled into the fastest growing two-or-four-year 
college in Ohio.
  His dedication to students doesn't stop there. Owens has articulation 
agreements with almost twenty four-year colleges and universities, 
including Bowling Green State University, Ohio State University, 
University of Michigan and University of Toledo, allowing a smooth 
transfer for graduates pursuing bachelor's degrees. The school offers 
more than 100 technical programs and majors in various fields, such as 
health, business, industrial and engineering technologies and 
agriculture, in order to prepare students for careers of the future.
  With a focus on state-of-the-art facilities, President Brown has 
expanded the college with such complexes as the Fire Science/Law 
Enforcement Center and Industrial and Engineering Technologies 
Building. A new library, audio/visual classroom center, math/science 
center and student health and activities center have increased the 
Galleria Complex, a new addition to the old campus. A Fine and 
Performing Arts Center will round out the construction for this site.
  Even though growth, both at the physical campus and enrollment, has 
been exponential during the tenure of Mr. Brown, Owens remains 
committed to offering small classes, personal attention and flexible 
class schedules so that each person interested in a higher education 
will be afforded the opportunity to quality instruction.
  The efforts of Daniel Brown will be evident for years to come. He has 
touched the lives of countless individuals and will be remembered with 
reverence and veneration.

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