[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 73 (Friday, May 4, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E947]
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        RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT OF CAPTAIN LANGSTON D. SMITH

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 3, 2007

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I would like to recognize 
the work of Captain Langston D. Smith, who has completed 30 years of 
active duty in the Dental Corps of the United States Navy.
  Captain Langston Delano Smith was born in the Richland Community of 
Pickens in Holmes County, Mississippi. He is the eldest of six children 
born to the late Mr. James A. Smith, Sr. and Mrs. Elma Maxine Howard 
Smith. He attended Humphreys County McNair Elementary School and 
William Sullivan High School, formerly Durant Attendance Center.
  Captain Smith received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from 
Jackson State University in 1967. After obtaining his B.S. degree, he 
taught science for a year in the Jackson Public School District in 
Jackson, Mississippi. He, then, went on to Morehead State University, 
in Morehead, Kentucky, where he earned a Master of Science Degree in 
Biology in 1969 and a Master of Higher Education in Administration in 
1973. While attending Morehead State, he was an Assistant Professor of 
Biology and the Assistant Director of Housing at the university.
  In September 1973, Captain Smith entered dental school at the 
University of Kentucky and graduated in 1977 with his DMD degree. After 
graduating from the University of Kentucky, he entered active duty and 
received orders to the Naval Training Center in San Diego, California. 
From 1982 to 1987, Capt. Smith was an Adjunct Associate Professor of 
Biology at Chapman College. In 1987, he received orders to the National 
Naval Dental School in Bethesda, Maryland, where he completed his 
residency.
  Captain Langston Smith, in 2002, reported to the Bureau of Medicine 
and Surgery as Director of Clinical Operations Division for Navy 
Dentistry, later becoming Director of Health care Support, with the 
responsibility for coordinating planning and policy for Naval dental 
care. Captain Smith is currently assigned as Director of Clinical 
Services in the Office of Integration, National Capitol Area in 
Bethesda, Maryland.
  Captain Langston Smith is a very accomplished man. He is a member of 
a number of professional organizations, including the American Dental 
Association, American Association of Endodontists, American Board of 
Endodontics; and, social and civic organizations, Alpha Phi Alpha 
Fraternity, Inc., Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, and Colesville United 
Methodist Church. He has received a number of military and non-military 
awards, which includes the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal 
with Gold Star, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Humanitarian Medal, Alpha 
Phi Alpha Man of the Year in 1976, 1982 and 1996, Nominated for the 
NAACP Springard Award in 2002, and Outstanding African American Alumni 
(Torch of Excellence Award), College of Dentistry, University of 
Kentucky in 2005.
  Captain Langston Delano Smith has garnered the personal and 
professional respect of his community, patients, and colleagues. I 
would like to commend Captain Langston Delano Smith for his 30 years of 
service in the Dental Corps of the United States Navy, and wish him 
much success in his future endeavors.

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