[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 17, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1284]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO DR. JOAN HINDE STEWART

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 17, 2003

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a woman who 
is an exceptional scholar, a renowned literary commentator and a 
distinguished leader at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Joan 
Hinde Stewart, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the USC, is 
leaving in July to accept a position as the 19th president and first-
ever female president of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and I 
ask you to join me in commending her for a job well done.
  Dr. Stewart's accomplishments during her tenure at USC have been 
astonishing. She has led the university's largest and most academically 
diverse college, and served as a member of the Provost's Strategic 
Directives and Initiatives Committee that financially restructured the 
university last year. Dr. Stewart's leadership helped the college boast 
the highest increase this year in funds attained through research 
grants at a time when the university is shifting its focus toward 
technological and biomedical research.
  Dr. Stewart's merit not only benefits the university at-large but 
also touches individual students. As a professor of French, she is 
known for her extensive historical perspectives on French literature 
and for bringing her latest analysis of some long neglected writers 
into her classroom.
  Before coming to USC, Dr. Stewart headed the Department of Foreign 
Languages and Literatures for 12 years at North Carolina State 
University. She has lectured on French literature and culture at 
numerous universities, including Oxford, Columbia, and Yale, which is 
where she earned her Ph.D.
  Mr. Speaker, Dr. Stewart is an extraordinary example of leadership in 
higher education. She has excelled in academia and administration at 
the University of South Carolina, and her unique talents will be 
missed. I ask you and my colleagues to join me in applauding Dr. Joan 
Stewart's contributions to USC and wishing her the best of luck in her 
new position at Hamilton College.

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