[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 134 (Thursday, December 7, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2126-E2127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO CARL YAEGER

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 6, 2006

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a medical 
pioneer, Dr. Carl E. Yaeger, Jr. Dr. Yaeger is the recipient of the 
Trailblazer Award, a recognition bestowed upon him for his 
extraordinary contributions to his profession.
  Carl Yaeger was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of another 
trailblazer, Dr. Carl Yaeger, Sr. founder of the Yaeger Clinic in Long 
Island, New York. Carl Jr. came to my home State of South Carolina to 
practice his profession after graduating from the University of 
Southern California, Los Angeles College of Chiropractic and Center 
States College of Physiatrics. In 1956, Dr. Yaeger joined his father in 
Miami, Florida to open the Yaeger Clinic there. It is one of the oldest 
African American owned medical facilities in the country.
  Over the years, Dr. Yaeger built a tremendous clientele. He has 
provided health care to

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several generations of patients, treated disaster victims and delivered 
over 400 babies in the clinic's four-bed maternity ward. Some patients 
were so loyal to Dr. Yaeger they traveled from as far as Georgia and 
the Bahamas regularly to see him. He counts among his more than 100,000 
patients, Muhammad Ali, who came to his clinic while living in Miami in 
the 1960s. He continued an active Naturopathic and Chiropractic medical 
practice until 2005. Dr. Yaeger continues to serve on the executive 
board of the Yaeger Foundation, Inc. and is actively involved in the 
organization's establishment of the National Medical Museum.
  Among Dr. Yaeger's many contributions, was his appointment as 
Chairman of the Florida Board of Naturopathic Medicine by Governors 
Rubin Askew and Bob Graham. He also provided internships to aspiring 
health care professionals and free medical services to indigent 
patients.
  Dr. Yaeger has been the recipient of many other honors including the 
Florida Chiropractic Association's Lifetime Achievement Award. He has 
served as the President of the Florida Naturopathic Physicians 
Association and was a member of the Practice Parameters Advisory 
Committee of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. Outside 
his professional affiliations, Dr. Yaeger has been a civil rights 
activist that helped integrate many of Miami's segregated restaurants 
and hotels and is a Lifetime Member of the NAACP.
  Dr. Yaeger and his late wife, Ollie, raised four children. He is now 
the proud grandfather of two grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues to join me in congratulating 
Dr. Carl Yaeger, Jr. for receiving this distinguished honor. He has 
given a lifetime of service to the medical community, and has had a 
tremendous impact on Miami and its people.

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