[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E245-E246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING MARION LEROY HAYES, EDUCATOR

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON-

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 16, 2011

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. 
Marion Leroy Hayes, Mississippi's Second Black Superintendent of 
Education and Jefferson County's First Black Superintendent of 
Education. He was married to the late Mrs. Louise B. Hayes who was a 
Jefferson County Elementary Retired School Teacher during 1976-1977.
  Mr. Marion Leroy Hayes is the son of Mrs. Irene Hayes and the late 
L.J. Hayes, born and reared in Jefferson County, Mississippi where he 
attended public schools in Jefferson, Claiborne and Warren counties. He 
received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree from Alcorn State 
University in Lorman, Mississippi; Master's Degree from Southern 
University Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He furthered his studies at 
Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi, University of Southern 
Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Atlanta University in Atlanta, 
Georgia and The University of Mississippi.
  Mr. Marion Leroy Hayes served in the United States Air Force and Army 
for seven and one-half years during the Korean Conflict where he 
received an honorable discharge. During that time he served overseas in 
Guam, North Africa and Germany.
  Mr. Marion Leroy Hayes believes in the Lord and is a member of the 
East Mount Olive M.B. Church. He is also a member of the Prince Hall 
Masons, Board of Trustees of Copiah-Lincoln Junior College; Chairman of 
the American Red Cross Fund Raising Advisory Committee; Boy Scouts of 
America; Jefferson County Board of Directors; Chamber of Commerce; 
Advisory Committee, National Youth Sports Program, Alcorn State 
University, State Advisory Committee of Teacher Certification; Director 
of Title III ESEA; American Association of Administrators, Mississippi 
Association of Schools Superintendents; and Mississippi Association of 
School Administrators.
  Mr. Marion Leroy Hayes is listed in Who's Who Biographical Records--
School District Officials 1976, 1st Edition; Who's Who in Educational 
Administration, 1976-1977; and Who's Who Among Black Americans, 1977-
1978.
  Mr. Marion Leroy Hayes has been given many awards in his lifetime. He 
has received such notable awards as Star Teacher in 1970,

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1971, 1972, Presidential Citation--National Association for Equal 
Opportunity in Higher Education in 1984, Service to the Community 
Directory of Distinguished Americans in 1981, District Award of Merit--
Natchez Trace District for the Boy Scouts of America in 1987, For 
Service to Scouting as Vice Chairman of Natchez Trace District in 1976 
and Certificate of Appreciation--Co-Lin Junior College Board of 
Trustees in 1987.

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