[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 13, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1310]
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                HONORING THE SERVICE OF DR. JOHN McGUIRE

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                           HON. W. TODD AKIN

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 13, 2011

  Mr. AKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the service of Dr. John 
McGuire.
  Since November 1996, Dr. McGuire has served as President of St. 
Charles Community College, St. Peters, Missouri. Prior to his current 
presidency, he served as President of Owensboro Community College in 
Owensboro, Kentucky.
  Dr. McGuire has served over forty years in community colleges in five 
states, including chief academic and student services officer at 
Community College of Aurora, Colorado, and assistant chief academic 
officer at Parkersburg Community College in Parkersburg, West Virginia. 
He has exercised leadership in institutional research and 
effectiveness, student success, and statewide policies to strengthen 
transfer opportunities for community college students.
  Dr. McGuire serves on numerous civic and educational boards, 
including Past President of the Executive Committee of the Economic 
Development Council in St. Charles County, former President of the 
Missouri Community College Association Presidents and Chancellors 
Council, member, board member of the St. Louis Regional Commerce and 
Growth Association (RCGA), and has served on the Barnes-Jewish St. 
Peters and Progress West Hospital Advisory Board. He has also 
previously served on the American Association of Community College 
Presidents Academy Executive Committee, the FOCUS St. Louis Board, and 
past president of the St. Peters Chamber of Commerce.
  I rise today to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. John McGuire and 
the many years of service he has dedicated to Missouri and to the 
education of so many. I wish him the best in his retirement and ask my 
colleagues to join me in thanking him for his years of service.

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