[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 173 (Thursday, December 13, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2279]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TRIBUTE TO DR. STERLING ALEXANDER ROAF, SR.

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                             HON. MIKE ROSS

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 12, 2001

  Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I wish to pay tribute to the life and 
accomplishments of a constituent and friend, Dr. Sterling Alexander 
Roaf, Sr. who passed away recently in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
  A native of Pine Bluff, Sterling Roaf, Sr. was one of nine children 
born to Rev. Arthur Roaf and Charlotte Boughton Roaf. After graduating 
from Southeast Senior High School in 1962, he spent two years working 
on the Cotton Belt Railroad. In 1966, he graduated with honors from the 
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. He obtained his medical degree 
from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1972 and moved 
to Los Angeles to complete his residency at Martin Luther King 
Hospital.
  Following his residency, Sterling returned to Pine Bluff in 1976 
where he established the Roaf Clinic with his brother Clinton Roaf, a 
dentist, and practiced obstetrics-gynecology until his death. In 1998, 
he was recognized by the Arkansas Times as one of Arkansas' Best 
Physicians in gynecology, obstetrics, and oncology. According to his 
brother, Sterling delivered some 600 infants a year. He truly brought 
into the world an entire generation of children and touched the lives 
of countless others in the Pine Bluff area, and he will be greatly 
missed by the thousands of patients and families who were impacted by 
his caring and dedicated work.
  Sterling Roaf Sr. was not just a great doctor. He was an active and 
giving member of his community, a devoted member of the church, and a 
loving father and grandfather. My heart goes out to his children, his 
brother and five sisters, and all of his friends and relatives in their 
loss.

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