[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 134 (Friday, October 11, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING STUDENTS IN FREE ENTERPRISE AND DR. ALVIN ROHRS' 20 YEARS 
                             OF LEADERSHIP

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                             HON. ROY BLUNT

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 10, 2002

  Mr. BLUNT. Mr. Speaker, I stand before this body to honor an 
institution and its leader who have championed our free enterprise 
system for two decades. Students in Free Enterprise is a nonprofit 
education corporation whose mission is to work in partnership with 
businesses and institutions of higher education to provide university 
students the opportunity to understand and achieve success in a 
business world open to individual enterprise. Students are guided 
through the development of leadership, teamwork and communication 
skills by learning, practicing and teaching the principles of free 
enterprise.
  For the last 20 years, Dr. Alvin Rohrs has served as President and 
CEO of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE). His tireless work has seen 
an international expansion of SRFE from 18 to 31 countries. Its 
classes, which teach of the principles of market economics, 
entrepreneurship, business ethics and personal financial success, are 
in 1,200 schools of higher learning worldwide. SIFE proponents and 
students hold annual international competitions that emphasize the 
strengths and positive societal contributions of the free enterprise 
System.
  The free enterprise system reaches its zenith when it is coupled with 
individual liberties. Its principles resonate with many people who 
believe in the idea that hard work, free markets, and democracy lead to 
prosperity and social responsibility. More than 170 of America's 
business executives from some of the world's largest companies are 
members of the SIFE board.
  Alvin Rohrs' commitment to free enterprise has been unwavering. Prior 
to his work with SIFE, Rohrs served as the Director of the Gene Taylor 
National Free Enterprise Center at his alma mater, Southwest Baptist 
University. He came to SIFE in 1983, a year after receiving his Juris 
Doctorate from the University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, where 
he graduated with full honors in the top ten percent of his class.
  Dr. Rohrs has received the National Charity Award twice, honoring his 
leadership in SIFE. He has also received the National Entrepreneur of 
the Year Award for ``Supporter of Entrepreneurship.'' Active in 
community service and church work, Rohrs is a member of the Missouri 
Bar Association and serves as a member and Deacon at First Baptist 
Church in Bolivar, Missouri. He resides in Bolivar with his wife, 
Bolivar Municipal Court Judge Elizabeth Rohrs and their two children.
  We wish him and Students in Free Enterprise continued success in 
spreading the gospel of free enterprise and entrepreneurism, on which 
our American way of life is founded.

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