[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 87 (Friday, June 13, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING NOBLE FIELDS

                                 ______
                                 

                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 12, 2003

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a great community leader, 
educator, and real estate practitioner, Ms. Noble Fields, for her years 
of service and commitment to the community. Noble Fields is the founder 
and director of the Noble Fields Realty & Investment Company and School 
of Real Estate. She is also a woman of many talents.
  Noble Fields was born in Fresno and enlisted in the Army after high 
school. She was originally trained as a teletype operator, but after a 
career counseling course, she became an Army recruiter and then an 
instructor for recruiters.
  While still in the service, Noble Fields entered and won an Army 
talent contest which resulted in her performing as a singer and dancer 
in many NCO clubs around the world and with the All Army Entertainment 
show. She became an accomplished actress, and has since appeared on the 
San Francisco stage and has had small parts in major movie productions. 
She also holds an FCC broadcasting license that she earned while in the 
Army and was a radio broadcaster and cable television show host in the 
Bay Area and Indianapolis.
  After 20 years, this Army veteran retired as a Staff Sergeant with a 
full brass band ceremony. She has a service-connected disability and is 
the Commander of Disabled American Veterans Chapter No. 144, the first 
woman ever to serve in that position.
  After leaving the military, Noble worked for the National Alliance of 
Businessmen, a partnership of private businesses, labor, and 
government. As the Jobs for Veterans Manager, she was instrumental in 
securing jobs and job training for Vietnam veterans.
  In 1985, Ms. Fields started the Noble Fields School of Real Estate 
and Appraisal. The school offers approved home study license 
qualification classes and continuing education courses for real estate 
and appraiser licensees. As we honor Ms. Fields today, I want to thank 
her for her work in promoting the participation of minorities in the 
real estate industry. I take great pride in joining Ms. Fields' family, 
friends and colleagues to recognize and salute the accomplishments and 
contributions of Noble Fields.




                          ____________________