[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 126 (Thursday, October 7, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   PAYING TRIBUTE TO ANDREW GULLIFORD

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 6, 2004

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Andrew 
Gulliford, the Director of the Center for Southwest Studies at Fort 
Lewis College in Grand Junction. Andrew has dedicated his life to 
preserving Western heritage and culture and I am honored to stand here 
today with my colleagues before this body of Congress and this Nation 
and recognize his accomplishments.
  Andrew grew up in Southwest, Colorado attending high school in the 
town of Lamar. He earned his bachelor's degree in American history and 
master's degree in teaching at Colorado College. Andrew applied his new 
knowledge as a fourth grade teacher in Silt, Colorado where he also 
taught American History at the Rifle branch of Colorado Mountain 
College before going on to complete his doctorate in American Culture 
and history at Bowling Green University in Ohio. After teaching, Andrew 
served as the Director of the Western New Mexico University Museum 
where he arranged for several donations of Navajo weavings, Mimbres 
pottery, Southwest art, and Hispano Folk Art.
  Andrew did not abandon teaching completely and returned to be a 
professor and director of the Public History and Historic Preservation 
Program at Middle Tennessee State University for 10 years where he 
directed one of the oldest and largest public history and historic 
preservation graduate programs in the Nation. In 2001, Andrew was 
selected by Fort Lewis College to become their Director of the Center 
for Southwest Studies where his national reputation as a scholar, a 
public historian and developer and manager of several academic centers 
have contributed to the shinning success of the center in Fort Lewis. 
Andrew is also an accomplished author and photographer and he is 
supported by his wife Stephanie Moran, and their two children Tristan 
and Duncan.
  Mr. Speaker, Andrew Gulliford is a dedicated scholar, and it is 
through his many hours of devotion that we are able to have such a 
vivid picture of Western history and culture in Colorado and I am 
honored to recognize his efforts before this body of Congress. Andrew, 
thanks for all your hard work and I wish you all the best in your 
future endeavors.

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