[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 84 (Friday, June 21, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO DR. JAMES HOWARD LARE

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 21, 2002

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. James Howard Lare, 
an outstanding citizen and resident of California's 27th Congressional 
District, which I am proud to represent.
  Dr. Lare, who lives in Pasadena, California, is retiring from the 
faculty of Occidental College in Los Angeles after 51 years of service. 
Dr. Lare began at the college as a student, and this year, the school 
celebrates the entirety of his 51 years of services as an 
undergraduate, alumnus, and distinguished member of the faculty.
  Dr. Lare has been an active faculty member, serving numerous 
committees, as well as establishing and directing Occidental's Master 
of Arts in Urban Studies Program. He chaired the Political Science 
Department, as well as the College Task Force on Relations with the 
Adjacent Neighborhoods, each for five years.
  His expertise includes American National Government, European 
Comparative Politics, Public Administration, Urban Politics, and Public 
Policy. As a professor, he sent his students to City Hall, Sacramento, 
and Washington, D.C. to participate in and absorb the processes of 
government. His legions of internship students set a standard for 
community-based learning at Occidental College.
  Dr. Lare has been an exemplary citizen by serving as a Colonel in the 
Civil Affairs Branch of the U.S. Army Reserve from 1957-1989, and as an 
Administrative and Technical Assistant in the U.S. Civil Service 
Commission from 1955-1956.
  He has also been a committed civic leader participating in a myriad 
of community-based organizations such as the Pasadena Men's Committee 
for the Arts, the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, the Sierra Club, 
the Northeast Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Town 
Hall of California, as well as other organizations dealing with urban 
planning, education, the environment, and the arts.
  Dr. Lare has also written, co-authored, and edited numerous books and 
articles including, ``The Essential Lippmann,'' ``The New Democrat: 
Reassessment of the Democratic Ideal in American Political Thought,'' 
``The Five Public Philosophies of Walter Lippmann,'' ``The Civic 
Awareness of Five and Six Year Olds,'' and ``The Child's Political 
World: A Longitudinal Perspective.''
  Dr. Lare's hard work and dedication to his community and our country 
is to be commended, as is his teaching students the value of political 
action and involvement, thereby helping to nurture hundreds of aware 
and active citizens.
  I would like all the Members of the United States House of 
Representatives to join me in commending Dr. James Howard Lare for his 
outstanding leadership as a faculty member of Occidental College and as 
a community leader.




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