[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 71 (Tuesday, June 4, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E941]
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                    RETIREMENT OF ROBERT E. MELICAN

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 4, 2002

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join the community of 
Northborough, Massachusetts in honoring Robert E. Melican, 
Superintendent of Schools, as the Northborough Middle School is renamed 
the Robert E. Melican Middle School.
  Mr. Melican is representative of all the hardworking and dedicated 
educators in Central Massachusetts. He has been a part of the 
Northborough School District since 1969, serving the children of 
Northborough and Southborough as a sixth grade teacher, math teacher, 
Assistant to the Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Acting 
Superintendent, and finally as Superintendent for the Northborough, 
Southborough and Northborough-Southborough School Districts since 1996. 
For 33 years, Mr. Melican has dedicated himself to the children 
fortunate to live in these communities.
  Additionally, Mr. Melican has deeply committed himself to those 
outside of the school community, serving as a member of the Worcester 
County Superintendents' Association, the Massachusetts Superintendents' 
Association, the Worcester Vocational School District, and the Advisory 
Board at Worcester State College. Currently, Mr. Melican serves as Vice 
President of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents 
and in that capacity has earned the respect of his peers throughout the 
state.
  Mr. Speaker, I am certain that the entire U.S. House of 
Representatives joins me in congratulating Mr. Melican for his 
accomplishments.

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