[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 18, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               HONORING THE LIFE OF EL HADJ AMADOU THIOUF

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                             HON. ED PASTOR

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 18, 2010

  Mr. PASTOR of Arizona. Madam Speaker, I rise before you today to 
honor the life of a great educator, El Hadj Amadou Thiouf. Born in 
Bargny, Senegal, he devoted his entire life to the cause of education. 
Studying for 4 years at ecole normal William Ponty, an elite school in 
Thies, Senegal, he was first assigned to Lamingue, Kaolack, where he 
served for 2 years and met his wife Adj Fatou Ndoye. They were married 
on August 11, 1957.
  From 1957 to 1971, he lived in Rufisque where he taught at three 
different institutions: Diokoul, Fass and Matar Seck. In 1971, he was 
sent to Matam, a city in northwest Senegal, and then moving again, 
serving in Bargny, the city of his birth, from 1972 to 1975.
  In 1978, he returned to his hometown of Rufisque and became the 
principal of Thiokho Elementary School, the school close to his home 
and where his children attended. There, he remained as principal until 
1985, when he became the head of El Hadj Ousseynou Diagne, the largest 
elementary school in Rufisque.
  After a long and distinguished career as an educator, Mr. Thiouf 
retired on September 9, 1992. He is a recipient of the Ordre National 
du Lion, Senegal's highest national honor and the Chevalier des Palmes 
Academiques for his lifelong dedication and commitment to education.
  In 1998, Mr. Thiouf and his wife became permanent residents of the 
United States and spent half their time in the United States and the 
other half in Senegal.
  He is survived by his widow Fatou Ndoye and their 10 children: Mame, 
Diaraf, Abdou, Seynabou, Pape, Adj, Sokhna, Awa and Mahomet. Mr. Thiouf 
also had 13 grandchildren. Their oldest son Alassane, a graduate of the 
University of Arizona, died in a tragic car accident in September 1990 
in Senegal.
  Madam Speaker, it is an honor to come before you today and share the 
life of this great man.

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