[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 73 (Thursday, May 15, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E965]
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                      IN HONOR OF DR. REX FORTUNE

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                             HON. DOUG OSE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 15, 2003

  Mr. OSE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Rex Fortune, 
Superintendent of Center Unified School District, in Sacramento, 
California, as he prepares for retirement.
  Dr. Fortune began his career in education in 1964 as a science 
teacher at Sequoia Union High School in Redwood City, California. 
Throughout his career Dr. Fortune has contributed to education as a 
curriculum writer, a high school Vice Principal, a field researcher, 
associate superintendent, and superintendent. Education has taken him 
from Southern California to Northern California, to West Africa, and 
back to Northern California. For the last 15 years Center Unified 
School District has been his home where he was instrumental in the 
passage of a $59.2 million school bond for school renovation and new 
construction, established a Safe Schools program, secured funding for a 
K-6 reading program, and in 1989, created Project Pipeline, to produce 
future teachers of science and mathematics.
  Dr. Fortune has dedicated 30 years of his life to the education of 
California children, and I am thankful for his commitment to 
excellence. Please join me in thanking Dr. Fortune for his contribution 
to our youth, and wishing him well as he retires.

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