[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 146 (Friday, October 17, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2085]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO DR. KENNETH CHAMBERS

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                          HON. MELVIN L. WATT

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 17, 2003

  Mr. WATT. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Dr. Kenneth Chambers, a 
friend and constituent who is retiring after 40 years of practicing 
medicine. Dr. Chambers will be honored on Saturday, October 18 at 
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 
my congressional district.
  Dr. Kenneth Chambers graduated from Meharry Medical College in 1959 
and started a general practice in Wadesboro, NC. In 1966, he completed 
his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Harlem Hospital in New 
York. He later moved to Charlotte, where his brother Julius Chambers 
was practicing law.
  I had the privilege to get to know Kenneth Chambers through his 
brother, who is the person who convinced me to return to my hometown of 
Charlotte to practice law. Dr. Kenneth Chambers helped blaze the trail 
for black doctors in Charlotte and went on to serve in many leadership 
positions such as President of the Charlotte Medical Society, the Old 
North State Medical Society and he served on the North Carolina Medical 
Board from 1995-2001.
  Dr. Chambers has impacted the lives of many people throughout his 
remarkable career. I am pleased to honor him and wish him, his wife, 
Grace, and his entire family all the best as he begins the next chapter 
of his life.

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