[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 34 (Thursday, March 21, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E400]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO DR. JOE CRAIG

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                        HON. SUE WILKINS MYRICK

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 20, 2002

  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and work of 
one of my constituents, Dr. Joe Craig.
  Dr. Craig has spent his entire life working to better the lives of 
others. Since 1978, he has traveled overseas to the poorest of regions, 
including Africa and Latin America, to provide free medical and dental 
care. This is a special year for Dr. Craig because he is 70 years old 
and will be conducting his 70th and final overseas medical mission.
  Dr. Craig's altruistic work also extended to his local community of 
Charlotte, North Carolina. He greatly helped our local Charlotte 
community by providing free dental services to recovering drug users 
and alcoholics and by counseling dozens of families through marriage 
and family problems. He also volunteered in the Charlotte Police Crime 
Lab in the 1960s before a full-time chemist was hired.
  Dr. Craig is a perfect example of the selfless call to volunteerism 
recently highlighted by President George W. Bush. For this reason, I am 
honored to recognize Dr. Craig for his life work and congratulate him 
and his family for his 70 years of dedication to making this world a 
better place.

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