[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 125 (Tuesday, September 8, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2195]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF THE 68TH BIRTHDAY OF KARL E. PEACE

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                         HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 8, 2009

  Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and recognize Dr. 
Karl E. Peace on the occasion of his 68th birthday.
  Dr. Peace is a distinguished scholar and academic in the field of 
biostatistics and mathematics. Born in southwest Georgia, Dr. Peace 
attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and 
Virginia Commonwealth University, receiving his doctorate from the 
Medical College of Virginia/ Virginia Commonwealth University in 1976.
  Dr. Peace has authored eight books, received numerous awards and 
contributed to a variety of publications and peer reviews in the field 
of biostatistics, mathematics, drug development and public health 
policy. He has held professorships at several colleges including 
Randolph-Macon College and Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Peace 
is currently the Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar, 
Founder of the Center for Biostatistics, professor of biostatistics and 
senior research scientist in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public at 
Georgia Southern University.
  Dr. Peace has been a member of several professional and honorary 
societies including the Committee on Applied and Theoretical 
Statistics, the National Research Council and the National Academy of 
Science. In 1994, Dr. Peace founded the Biopharmaceutical Applied 
Statistics Symposium to provide a forum for pharmaceutical and medical 
researchers and regulators to share timely and pertinent information 
concerning the application of biostatistics in the pharmaceutical 
field. Dr. Peace is the founding editor of the Journal of 
Biopharmaceutical Statistics and reviewer and editor of several 
additional journals including the American Statistical Association, 
Communications in Statistics, the Journal of the American Medical 
Association and the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
  Dr. Peace has a dedicated record of philanthropy to education. He has 
created twenty- one endowments at five institutions including three at 
his alma mater, the Medical College of Virginia and one at Randolph-
Macon College. He endowed the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, 
the first school of public health in the U GA System. His endowments 
have enabled hundreds of students to complete their undergraduate or 
graduate degrees. Dr. Peace has generously donated time and resources 
to organizations such as the American Cancer Society, the Georgia 
Cancer Coalition, the Southeast Georgia Cancer Alliance and the 
Southwest Georgia Cancer Coalition that are dedicated to cancer 
research, treatments and cures.
  Madam Speaker, I am honored today to recognize Dr. Peace in 
celebration of his 68th birthday. I hope the year to come will bring 
him health, happiness and special times with family and friends.

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