[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 25, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5072-S5073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         VIRGINIA TECH TRAGEDY

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I wish to express my heartfelt 
condolences to the family of 35-year-old Christopher James ``Jamie'' 
Bishop, one of the victims of the tragic Virginia Tech shooting rampage 
that occurred this week. He was teaching an introductory German 
language course in Norris Hall when the shooting occurred.
  Jamie Bishop grew up in Pine Mountain and attended the University of 
Georgia, where he earned a bachelor's

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degree in German studies in 1993 and a master's degree in German 
linguistics in 1998. Additionally, he was a Fulbright Scholar at 
Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany, in 1993 and worked as 
an academic technology liaison at the University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill.
  It is clear that Jamie Bishop touched many lives with his 
personality, his sense of humor, his numerous talents, his passion for 
teaching, and his love of scientific art. In fact, those who were close 
to him have said he talked about ``changing the world with art.'' He 
has been described as an intelligent, artistic, caring, gentle, and 
polite individual.
  It is difficult to fathom how something like this could happen, and 
words can't fully describe the grief we all feel as the weight of this 
tragedy settles over our Nation. My prayer is that, through faith and 
resolve, our country will emerge from this disaster in unity and 
strength as together we find healing from this sorrow.
  Julianne and I will keep his wife Stefanie Hofer, who is a member of 
the Virginia Tech faculty, as well as his parents Michael and Jerri 
Bishop in our thoughts and prayers during this time of sorrow.

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