[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 37 (Tuesday, April 9, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO DR. RICHARD G. CARPENTER

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                    HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR.

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 9, 2002

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the many 
contributions of Dr. Richard G. Carpenter to Calhoun Community College 
and the Decatur, Alabama community during the last ten years. I join 
his family, friends and colleagues as they celebrate his 
accomplishments and congratulate him for a successful tenure as 
President of the school and an exciting new future as President of the 
Wisconsin Technical College System.
  Dr. Carpenter, a native of Franklinton, Louisiana, has been President 
of Calhoun Community College since 1992. Calhoun is Alabama's largest 
community college, and Dr. Carpenter has provided them with progressive 
and visionary leadership for the past decade. He has played a pivotal 
role in shaping Calhoun Community College to what it is today and will 
be greatly missed.
  Among his accomplishments at Calhoun Community College are its 
ongoing construction of the school's Technology Park and the record 
setting enrollment for the fall semester of 2001. His prior experience 
includes teaching at elementary through university graduate school 
levels and serving as president of three other community colleges. Dr. 
Carpenter received his Ph.D. in Community College Leadership from North 
Carolina State University and has been the recipient of numerous local 
and national awards.
  Mr. Speaker, today I join his wife Dana and his three children as 
well as his many friends and colleagues in congratulating Dr. Richard 
Carpenter on ten years of extraordinary service to Calhoun Community 
College. Dr. Carpenter has been an influential leader for our North 
Alabama community for many years and I wish him the best as he pursues 
an exciting new future as President of the Wisconsin Technical College 
System.

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