[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 166 (Wednesday, December 15, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING HOMER C. FLOYD UPON HIS RETIREMENT FROM PENNSYLVANIA HUMAN 
                          RELATIONS COMMISSION

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                           HON. CHAKA FATTAH

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 15, 2010

  Mr. FATTAH. Madam Speaker, Homer C. Floyd, a champion of civil rights 
and human relations in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the past 
four decades, is concluding a remarkable career. Since February 1970, 
Mr. Floyd has served as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Human 
Relations Commission. He has an impressive record of accomplishments in 
civil rights, and has received numerous awards from organizations 
including the Pennsylvania NAACP, the International Association of 
Official Human Rights Organizations, and most recently the Talk 
Magazine 2009 Person of the Year.
  Even before attaining his executive position in Harrisburg, Mr. Floyd 
amassed a wealth of experience and accomplishment that spans North 
America. A graduate of the University of Kansas, Homer Floyd played 
Canadian professional football for the Edmonton Eskimos. He worked as a 
recreation supervisor in Kansas City, Missouri, and directed a civil 
rights commission with jurisdiction across the Dakotas, Missouri and 
Kansas. He consulted with the government of the Virgin Islands and 
worked with the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission in 
Washington. Since his arrival in Harrisburg he has donated his time to 
a long list of boards and committees and has volunteered on behalf of 
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and numerous community, sports, youth 
and civil rights organizations in central Pennsylvania. He was married 
to the late Mattie Longshore and has three children and three 
grandchildren.
  Now Homer C. Floyd is retiring, although it is bound to be a busy 
retirement based on his high-energy career. His family, friends, 
colleagues and admirers are gathering for a Retirement Celebration of 
Audacious Service on Monday December 20, 2010, at the African American 
Museum in Philadelphia. I ask my colleagues in the House of 
Representatives to join with me in honoring and congratulating Homer C. 
Floyd for a valuable and achieving life on behalf of his fellow 
citizens.

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