[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 133 (Thursday, November 18, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2068]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING TIMOTHY HUEBNER OF RHODES COLLEGE 2004 TENNESSEE PROFESSOR 
                              OF THE YEAR

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                        HON. HAROLD E. FORD, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 18, 2004

  Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Timothy Huebner of Memphis 
as he is named 2004 Tennessee Professor of the Year by the Council for 
Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation 
for the Advancement of Teaching.
  A hands-on historian with varied experiences and an abiding devotion 
to his profession, Professor Huebner has rendered distinguished service 
as a book review editor for the American Journal of Legal History, an 
advisory board member for Tennessee's history online discussion list, 
and as a Co-editor for Studies in the Legal History of the South 
Series; however, Huebner's tenure as a Professor of History at Rhodes 
College (a position he has held since 1995) is his defining position.
  With an intellectual curiosity fed by research and a passion for 
helping students make complex issues clear, Professor Huebner has 
worked to find a balance between teaching and research. During his 
tenure at Rhodes College, Mr. Huebner has found that balance by 
devoting time to helping students write substantive research papers, 
supervising honors research papers, and more recently, serving as 
Founder and Director of the Rhodes Institute for Regional Studies. The 
Rhodes Institute is an innovative, interdisciplinary summer program 
that engages top undergraduates in research in the Memphis and 
Mississippi Delta region.
  The Rhodes Institute brings a select group of students and faculty 
together for eight weeks: two weeks in a faculty-designed seminar on 
regional studies; five weeks engaged in independent research, 
interspersed with weekly individual and group meetings; one final week 
presenting their work. Under the supervision of a faculty mentor, each 
student produces an 8,000-10,000 word research paper that is published 
and distributed to the local community. This Institute and Professor 
Huebner's efforts have put Rhodes College on the map as a research 
institution and connected students to the Memphis community.
  Huebner's selection as Tennessee Professor of the Year further 
highlights a career of service to his students, Rhodes College, and the 
Memphis community. Professor Huebner's more noteworthy accomplishments 
include his initiation into Omicron Delta Kappa in 2004, the 
recognition of the Rhodes Institute's website by the Council of 
Independent Colleges in 2003, his initiation into Phi Beta Kappa in 
1988, his publication of eight articles and book chapters in scholarly 
publications, his fifty-five essays in encyclopedias and reference 
volumes, his twenty-five book reviews, and ten scholarly paper 
presentations at invited academic lectures.
  For the good work he has had in the lives of countless youth, Mr. 
Speaker, I would ask that you join me in honoring my friend and a 
friend to higher education, Mr. Timothy Huebner.

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