[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 174 (Friday, December 14, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2299]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING DR. ROBERT CARVER BONE OF LEBANON, TN, AS AN OUTSTANDING 
                               TENNESSEAN

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                            HON. BOB CLEMENT

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 13, 2001

  Mr. CLEMENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Robert Carver 
Bone of Lebanon, TN, as an outstanding Tennessean, who has made 
numerous contributions to medicine, education, and the community-at-
large. I consider Dr. Bone a dear friend and confidante of many years.
  Dr. Bone will be honored by Cumberland University during the Clement 
Leadership Reception on Decmeber 22 for numerous accomplishments--
including his leadership as Chairman of the Board of Trust from 1982 
through May 2001. As president of Cumberland University from 1983 
through 1987 and a current member of the Board of Trust, I have 
personally worked closely with Dr. Bone for a significant period of 
time and I have seen the devotion, care, and attention, that he has 
lavished upon that hallowed institution.
  A native of Lebanon, TN, and an early achiever, Dr. Bone graduated as 
valedictorian of Lebanon High School in 1954, and earned a Bachelor of 
Arts from Vanderbilt University in 1958, where he graduated magna cum 
laude. Meanwhile, he completed the mathematics program at Cumberland in 
1957 and the genetics program at Harvard in 1961. He received his 
Doctor of Medicine from Vanderbilt in 1962, while completing 
internships with Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, California, 
and Presbyterian Hospital in San Francisco. His residencies in 
pediatrics and surgery were completed in 1967 through 1969 at 
Vanderbilt, and 1971 through 1975, respectively. Later, in 1985, he 
earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Vanderbilt's Owen 
School of Businesss Management and then received a Doctor of Letters 
from Cumberland in 1994.
  His military experience includes service as a flight surgeon and 
commander of the USAF, 1974-1980; commander of the 118th Tactical 
Hospital, USAF, 1974-1980; and U.S. Army flight surgeon in 1997.
  He has participated in numerous furthering education programs such as 
study overseas in 1959 with the Wellcome Library of Historic Medicine 
in London, the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, and a 
preceptorship with Dr. G.A. Grant Peterkin in Leyden, Montpelier, 
Uppsala.
  Dr. Bone has also completed a number of assistantships and 
fellowships including work as a research assistant on nuclear medicine 
at Vanderbilt in 1961; a World Study Tour with the Institutes of 
Nutrition in 65 countries from 1962-1963; mission hospital visits in 
Kenya, Tanzania in 1986; and a surgical oncology fellowship in 1987 at 
Vanderbilt. Further, he carries certifications from the American Board 
of Pediatrics, the American Board of Surgery, Advanced Cardiac Life 
Support, and Advanced Trauma Life Support.
  He is beloved throughout Middle Tennessee, having practiced medicine 
in the community of Lebanon for nearly 40 years, and having performed 
surgeries at numerous Nashville area hospitals. These include 
Vanderbilt, Baptist, St. Thomas, Donelson, University Medical Center, 
Nashville General Hospital, Humana Hospital McFarland, Williamson 
County Medical Center, and Summit Medical Center.
  Every endeavor undertaken by Dr. Robert Carver Bone is met with 
enthusiasm and excellence. His educational influence and expertise has 
impacted both Vanderbilt and Cumberland over the years, as he has 
continually shared his experience with students pursuing the medical 
field, both as an instructor and professor. In 1982, he published 
techniques in Surgery with the Vanderbilt Surgical Faculty, through 
Vanderbilt University Press.
  Dr. Bone's involvement in his community is renowned. In 1985, he 
represented Wilson County in Tokyo, Japan, on a mission to recruit at 
Toyota plant to Tennessee. Also that year, he represented the National 
Association of Independent Business on a mission sponsored by the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, to promote the export of U.S. products to the 
Far East in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan.
  In 1987, Bone represented Cumberland University to establish exchange 
relationships at the faculty level between Cumberland and Armidale 
College in New South Wales, Australia. He also negotiated with the 
Soviets and British over freeing a Zanbari dental student from Moscow 
to Prague, Cairo, Nairobi, and Zanzibar.
  Further, he has served as President of the Wilson County Medical 
Society, and as a member of the Board of Health, Public Health 
Department of Wilson County.
  Because of Dr. Bone's outstanding contributions to the university, 
the community, and the state Tennessee throughout his lifetime--we 
honor him today.

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