[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E208]
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                       HONORING SHIRLEY ANN WILEY

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 23, 2010

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and 
congratulate Shirley Ann Wiley upon being honored with the ``Trail 
Blazers Award'' by the African American Museum. Mrs. Wiley will be 
honored at the African American History Month Celebration and Banquet 
on Saturday, February 6, 2010 in Fresno, California.
  Shirley Ann was born to Albert and Faye Jones in Sweetwater, Texas; 
she was one of nine children. She attended Booker T. Washington High 
School in Sweetwater, and was honored as a salutatorian of her 
graduating class. She graduated from Wiley College in 1960 with a 
Bachelors degree in music and a minor in history.
  After completing college, Mrs. Wiley moved to California and worked 
as a social case worker for the Red Cross in San Bernardino County. 
While in San Bernardino, she began substitute teaching and discovered 
her passion for education. In 1965 she received a full time teaching 
position with the Earlimart School District. After marriage, she and 
her husband moved to Lancaster, where she taught for one year before 
moving to Fresno.
  Mrs. Wiley earned a teaching position with the Fresno Unified School 
District and began working towards a Masters Degree in education from 
California State University, Fresno. She completed the program in 1975, 
and in 1986 she earned a Doctorate from the University of La Verne. 
During her forty-year career, Mrs. Wiley was a classroom teacher, 
resource specialist, and served as Vice Principal in the Fresno Unified 
School District. Later in her career, Mrs. Wiley began working for the 
West Fresno School District and served as the Principal and Assistant 
Superintendent. In 1987, Mrs. Wiley returned to the Fresno Unified 
School District, where she completed her career and retired in June 
2003.
  During her forty-three years in Fresno, Mrs. Wiley has been involved 
with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, the 
Black Political Council and is a founding board member of the African 
American Historical and Cultural Museum. Mrs. Wiley and her husband 
have raised two highly successful daughters.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and congratulate Shirley Wiley 
for her years of dedicated service to education in Fresno. I invite my 
colleagues to join me in wishing Mrs. Wiley many years of continued 
success.

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