[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 166 (Monday, November 17, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING DR. GLORIA BROMELL-TINUBU ON HER APPOINTMENT AS THE 5TH 
                  PRESIDENT OF BETHUNE COOKMAN COLLEGE

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                         HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 17, 2003

  Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Dr. 
Gloria Bromell-Tinubu on becoming the 5th president of Bethune-Cookman 
College in Daytona Beach, Florida.
  An educator and a community leader, Dr. Bromell-Tinubu is an 
economics professor at Spelman College in Atlanta, and was a former 
member of the Georgia State Board of Education. She is currently the 
chief executive officer of the Atlanta Cooperative Development Board, a 
nonprofit agency that serves as a catalyst in developing cooperative-
owned business enterprises. Within 9 months as CEO, she obtained a $1 
million grant to assist the economically disadvantaged move toward 
self-sufficiency, and continues research that explores the use of 
cooperatives as a means of establishing economic security in asset-poor 
communities.
  Dr. Bromell-Tinubu is a former member of the Atlanta City Council who 
has considerable community development experience, as shown by 
legislation she authored creating the Atlanta Neighborhood Deputies 
Program, a citywide citizen driven code enforcement effort. She has 
served on numerous community development boards, including the 
Metropolitan Neighborhood Development Corporation (MNDC), which she 
founded.
  In taking the helm of Bethune-Cookman College, Dr. Bromell-Tinubu 
becomes the fifth president of this private coeducational liberal arts 
college with a diverse student population of more than 2,700. 
Established in 1904 by Mary McLeod Bethune, the college is ranked among 
the top historically black colleges in the country. Most recently 
Bethune-Cookman College was selected as one of 10 colleges in the 
country to participate in Project Pericles, a program funded by the 
Eugene Lang Foundation to establish educational programs for social 
responsibility and participatory citizenship as an essential part of 
higher education learning, in the classroom, on the campus, and in the 
community.
  The Bethune Cookman College could not have found a more perfect fit 
to fulfill their goals and mission. I know that all of my colleagues 
join me in congratulating Dr. Gloria Bromell-Tinubu today, and we wish 
her every success in her future.

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