[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 172 (Thursday, November 19, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2813]
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                    CONGRATULATING PROFESSOR PANNING

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                       HON. CHRISTOPHER JOHN LEE

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 19, 2009

  Mr. LEE of New York. Madam Speaker, I wish to congratulate SUNY 
Brockport Professor Anne Panning on being named the 2009 New York 
Professor of the Year. This is a tremendous accomplishment and the 
western New York community is proud to have Professor Panning as a 
member of our community.
  After receiving her undergraduate degree from Augsburg College, Anne 
went on to receive her master of fine arts degree from Bowling Green 
State University and then her doctorate from the University of Hawaii.
  She has received much praise from her students and fellow literary 
scholars alike. In a review for her 2007 work Super America, the New 
York Times wrote that it ``radiates infectious optimism.''
  In addition to teaching several classes at SUNY Brockport, Anne also 
co-directs the Brockport Writers Forum, one of the foremost reading 
series in the country. The Forum has had a significant impact on the 
direction of Brockport's English department on both the undergraduate 
and graduate level, and Anne has played an integral part in the Forum's 
continued success along with her co-director, poet Ralph Black.
  Anne has won several awards for her fiction and nonfiction writing 
and also for her teaching, including the Flannery O'Connor Award for 
short fiction, the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, the 
Lillian Fairchild Award, and now, the New York Professor of the Year.
  Madam Speaker, I again wish to congratulate Professor Panning on 
being named the New York State Professor of the Year, and wish her much 
continued success.

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