[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 17 (Monday, January 29, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E198]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING REVEREND DOCTOR HERMAN M. WILLIAMSON

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                     HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 29, 2007

  Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Madam Speaker, I rise before you today to 
acknowledge the outstanding lifelong accomplishments of Reverend Doctor 
Herman M. Williamson. A resident of Havre de Grace, Maryland, Reverend 
Dr. Williamson is a native of Evergeen, North Carolina, where he 
attended public schools and graduated with honors. After moving to 
Baltimore, Maryland, he completed studies at the Cortez Peters Business 
College. Reverend Dr. Williamson continued his education in engineering 
and administrative procedures in the Officers School while serving for 
five years in the United States Army. After his military service, 
Reverend Dr. Williamson attended Morgan State College.
  After moving to Havre de Grace, Maryland, he joined and attended St. 
James A.M.E. Church before being called to the ministry. Reverend Dr. 
Williamson decided to return to his roots in the Baptist Church and 
joined Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. He was licensed to preach 
and served as Assistant Pastor to the late Reverend Milton C. Phillips. 
During this time, he completed his course of study at the Maryland 
Bible Institute. He was called to the pastorate of Mt. Zion Missionary 
Baptist Church on October 25, 1974 and two days later accepted the 
pulpit of the Havre de Grace church.
  Over the years, Reverend Dr. Williamson has been an advocate of 
faithful service and positive change to assist the members of his 
church and the residents of Harford County. His outreach to the 
communities in and surrounding Havre de Grace has been unsurpassed. He 
supported and was instrumental in the establishment of the Harford 
County Fuel Fund, the Harford County Food and Nutrition Program and the 
St. James Cemetery Preservation Council. He is President Emeritus of 
the Deacon and Deaconess Union of Baltimore, Harford and Cecil Counties 
and President Emeritus of the Ministerial Alliance of Baltimore, 
Harford and Cecil Counties. He has also served as auditor of the United 
Baptist Missionary Convention and Auxiliaries for the State of 
Maryland, Inc.
  Reverend Dr. Williamson was the first black chaplain appointed to 
serve the Harford County Detention Center. He s served on the Executive 
Board of the Harford Interfaith Community Service, Inc., the Neighbor 
to Neighbor Summit Advisory Committee for Harford County and the Hicks 
Advisory Board of Harford County. He was granted an Honorary Doctoral 
Degree from the Bread of Life Ministries in Whiteville, North Carolina, 
in February 2002. In early 2007, Reverend Dr. Williamson was the 
recipient of the Joseph Bond Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian 
Award from Harford County.
  Madam Speaker, I ask that you join with me today in congratulating 
Reverend Dr. Herman Williamson for his lifelong and caring devotion to 
the people of Havre de Grace, Harford County, and the State of 
Maryland.

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