[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 132 (Wednesday, September 24, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S11905]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING DR. MONTROSE WOLF

 Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I am pleased to honor Dr. Montrose 
Wolf of Lawrence, KS.
  I share in the celebration of his remarkable career, one that has 
been singularly dedicated to the betterment of others, particularly 
children who have challenged our educational and clinical knowledge and 
services.
  Dr. Wolf is universally acknowledged as a founder of the field of 
applied behavior analysis, its principles and its practices. As the 
creator of its premier journal and author of its most definitive 
articles, he disseminated this burgeoning science to professionals who 
theretofore were resigned to study human behavior in laboratory 
settings only. Of equal importance, his demonstrations of the power of 
these principles and methods in effecting significant positive outcomes 
in people with real challenges set the stage for all that followed in 
the educational and clinical practices in widespread use today.
  Among many other notable contributions, Dr. Wolf's Teaching Family 
model revolutionized systems and supports for disabled, troubled and 
at-risk boys and girls, and enhancing the lives of well over a million 
youth through the Boys Town program and Teaching Family homes around 
the Nation.
  Dr. Wolf's life and career have truly embodied the belief that the 
meaning of a good and worthwhile life is to give rather than receive. 
No one has given more of their talents and time. To his colleagues, 
consumers, and champions of children everywhere, he is a true 
hero.

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