[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 115 (Wednesday, September 14, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1849]
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                       TRIBUTE TO ELEANOR FARRAR

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                         HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 14, 2005

  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the life and 
legacy of Eleanor Farrar who passed away at the age of 79, on August 
25, 2005 from breast cancer. She was a founder and former Vice 
President of the Joint Center for Political Studies.
  Born Eleanor Schneider in Vienna, Austria, Dr. Farrar immigrated to 
New York with her family in 1939, when she was 14. She received an 
undergraduate degree in political science from Mount Holyoke College in 
1946, a master's degree in political science from the Johns Hopkins 
University School of Advanced International Studies in 1947 and a PhD 
in international relations from the London School of Economics in 1952.
  From 1954 to 1963, Ms. Farrar lived in Pakistan and Cambodia, working 
as a lecturer in political science and international relations at the 
University of the Panjab, Forman Christian College, both in Pakistan 
and the University of Karachi.
  When she returned to the United States, she taught political science 
at Howard University, where she met Eddie N. Williams, who had served 
as a reserve officer in the Foreign Service, and Kenneth B. Clark, the 
psychologist whose work on the self-esteem of black students in 
segregated public schools became essential to the U.S. Supreme Court's 
decision in the monumental case Brown vs. Board of Education. She 
worked with the two men in attempts to increase the participation of 
blacks in the Foreign Service.
  Subsequently, in the 1960's and 1970's, Eleanor Farrar worked as the 
director of Clark's think tank, the Metropolitan Applied Research 
Center. In 1970, however, that think tank entered into a partnership 
with Howard University to establish the Joint Center for Political 
Studies, established to provide training and technical assistance to 
black elected officials.
  Ms. Farrar served as the organization's Vice President for twenty two 
years. The Joint Center for Political Studies has become nationally 
known for its research on minority economic and social issues and black 
political participation.
  She leaves behind four children, Jon, Cynthia, Andrew, and Erin; two 
siblings; and seven grandchildren.
  Eleanor Farrar will always be remembered as ``a woman of profound 
strength of character, who expressed her commitment to the study of 
race relations and development of sound policies with every endeavor 
she undertook.'' She will be truly missed.

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