[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 20 (Thursday, February 7, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E132-E133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IN MEMORY OF JUNE IMPSON

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 7, 2008

  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to remember June Impson, 
longtime professor for Texas Women's University and beloved local 
artist to the citizens of North Texas.
  Ms. Impson was on the faculty of the Texas Women's University 
Department of Family Sciences from 1976 until her retirement in 1998. 
During her career in academia, she continued to pursue art and was an 
active member of the Denton, Texas-based Visual Arts Society of Texas. 
She served as an officer in the society, and Ms. Impson also taught 
workshops and learned alongside her fellow members.
  Ms. Impson was known for her paintings and collages of flowers, 
especially the wildflowers of Texas. ``I love nature,'' Ms. Impson once 
said. ``All of it. Rocks, and dirt.''
  Her work was described as ``immediate, bold, and beautifully 
painted.'' She was thought by many to be inspirational, gentle, 
imaginative, encouraging, and inclusive and she will be greatly missed 
in the art community as well as the North Texas and Texas Women's 
University communities.
  She was so loved by the art community around her that the Visual Arts 
Society of Texas established a scholarship fund in Ms. Impson's name 
before her death.

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  I extended my thoughts to her husband, Billy Roy Switzer, and her two 
sons, Loren and Keiller, as well as a long list of family members and 
friends. June Impson will be greatly missed by the many that are 
fortunate enough to have known her, and I am certain that her artwork 
will continue to inspire others for years to come.

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