[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 74 (Friday, June 7, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1000]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  TRIBUTE TO DR. CHARLES W. ESTUS, SR.

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 6, 2002

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a dedicated educator 
and sociologist, Dr. Charles W. Estus, Sr., who has recently retired 
from his position as Director of the University Transportation Center 
at Assumption College.
  Dr. Estus has had a long and distinguished career in academia. He has 
taught sociology since 1962, and he has spent 34 of those 40 years 
teaching at Assumption College where he was named Professor Emeritus in 
2000. He has written on many subjects including the sociology of 
religion and the history of Swedish-Americans. Along with his study of 
Swedish-Americans, Dr. Estus sits on the Board of Directors of the 
Swedish-American Historical Society.
  In addition to a long career in the classroom, Dr. Estus also worked 
to promote education through Assumption College's University 
Transportation Center, serving as its founding director. Created under 
the Transportation Equity Act in 1999, the Center's mission is to 
develop an understanding of the relationship between transportation and 
the environment. The affects of transportation on the environment are 
becoming increasingly clear in the 2lst century, and Dr. Estus deserves 
praise for helping to bring this message to his community.
  Mr. Speaker, I am certain that the entire House of Representatives 
joins me in congratulating Dr. Estus for his work as an educator and 
wishes him the best of luck in retirement.

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