[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 160 (Thursday, November 6, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2250]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO FRANK M. HART

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 6, 2003

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Frank M. 
Hart for his longtime commitment and outstanding service to the 
educational advancement of South Carolinians both as a teacher and 
community leader.
  Mr. Hart began his career teaching in the Landrum and Woodruff public 
schools. He later served as a principal of Chapman, Rivers and Pickens 
high schools. He went on to serve as Director of Instruction for 
Charleston School District 20, where he coordinated the Title I and 
Title II programs. That is where I first met Mr. Hart when I was a 
History Teacher in the Charleston County Public Schools. We developed a 
friendship which continues today.
  His tenure in Charleston was followed by service as Assistant 
Superintendent for Instruction for the Pickens County Schools. In 1970 
he was named Superintendent of Marion School District One where he 
served until 1988 when he retired. It was during this time that Mr. 
Hart reentered my public life when he invited me in 1971 to address his 
Rotary Club's weekly lunch. At that time this simple act was 
groundbreaking.
  Mr. Hart's work as a consultant to the State as a member of advisory 
committees on curriculum, educational television and secondary schools 
has been integral to promoting innovative new approaches to teaching. 
He served on an evaluating committee for the Southern Association of 
Schools and Colleges and on an executive committee of the South 
Carolina Superintendents Association. He is also the past president of 
the Atlantic AA Conference of the High School League.
  But Mr. Hart's instructions reach far beyond being a role model for 
public school students. They are just as evident in his personal life. 
He has performed extensive stewardship duties, including teaching adult 
Sunday school classes at his church, First United Methodist Church of 
Marion, South Carolina. He remains an active member of his Rotary Club 
and is a past president of the Marion Chamber of Commerce.
  Mr. Hart earned both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree from Clemson 
University. He has also studied in post-master's work at both the 
University of South Carolina and Columbia University. In addition, he 
served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1944 to 1946. He and his 
late wife, the former Betty Stevens of Cross Keys, South Carolina, are 
the parents of three daughters and two sons.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues to join me today in honoring 
a long time friend and mentor, Frank M. Hart for his contributions to 
South Carolina and especially Marion County. His career in education 
has been profound, and his personal life has paralleled the kind of 
work he dedicated himself to in the classroom. I am personally grateful 
to him and wish him Godspeed and the best of luck in the future.

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