[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2216]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     RECOGNIZING ARMANDO DE LA CRUZ

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                   HON. CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' PICKERING

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, December 8, 2006

  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Speaker, Armando de la Cruz has been inducted into 
the Starkville Education Hall of Fame and was recognized for his 
education, community leadership, and national academic achievements at 
a recent event in Starkville. De la Cruz taught 15 different 
undergraduate and graduate courses at Mississippi State University for 
30 years and remains professor emeritus of biological sciences at MSU. 
He has received 26 research and educational competitive grants, 
published four laboratory manuals, seven study guides and more than 100 
research papers. He has earned 12 scholarships and fellowships 
including the Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships and was presented 
with 15 professional awards at MSU.
  His research and teaching have taken him to about 70 countries but, 
his time and attention continued to focus on his local community where 
he founded the Sustainable Future Roundtable and wrote a column for the 
Starkville Daily News entitled ``Focus on the Environment.''
  He has served on the Board of Directors for Helping Hands Ministries, 
the Red Cross, the Starkville Community Theater, and Habitat for 
Humanity. He served on the board and as president of the Starkville 
Area Arts Council in 2004, and served as chairman of the Cotton 
District Arts Festival in 2003 and 2004.
  He is the recipient of the Southwire Community Environmental Award in 
1999 and the T.E. Veitch Community Service Award in 2004.
  I hope this Congress joins me in recognizing Armando de la Cruz as he 
adds the Starkville Education Hall of Fame membership to his long list 
of achievements and honors.

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