[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 158 (Tuesday, September 30, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S10169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                  TRIBUTE TO DR. JAMES PIERPONT COMER

 Mr. BAYH. Mr. President, today I honor a great Hoosier, Doctor 
James Pierpont Comer. Today we recognize the many accomplishments of 
Dr. Comer, a distinguished professor, innovator, author, and scholar.
  Dr. Comer, in his role as an educator and mentor, embodies the spirit 
of hard work and service that Hoosiers value. The Maurice Falk 
Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale University School of 
Medicine's Child Study Center, Dr. Comer has been a member of the Yale 
medical faculty since 1968. As founder of the Comer School Development 
Program at Yale, he has advanced a teamwork approach to ensuring 
positive child development and academic success. The ``Comer Model'' 
has been implemented at over 500 schools nationwide and has promoted 
the constructive growth of countless American youth.
  A native of East Chicago, IN, Dr. Comer received his bachelor's 
degree from Indiana University, his M.D. from Howard University, and a 
master's in public health from the University of Michigan. He has 
received no less than 46 honorary degrees as well as numerous other 
accolades, including the John P. McGovern Behavioral Science Award from 
the Smithsonian, the John Hope Franklin Award, the Heinz Award in the 
Human Condition, and the Healthtrac Foundation Prize. An unparalleled 
scholar, Dr. Comer has authored nine books and hundreds of articles 
relating to child development, childhood education, and race relations.
  As we honor Dr. Comer today, the words of Henry Brooks Adams come to 
mind: ``A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his 
influence stops.'' Dr. Comer has helped countless young people develop 
the building blocks necessary to become the leaders of their 
generation, and the students whose lives he has touched over the years 
will undoubtedly help shape our society through the 21st 
century.

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