[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 31, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E102]
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    CONGRATULATIONS TO CARMELL F. ANDERSON FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 31, 2012

  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join 
me in congratulating Carmell F. Anderson on her retirement from the 
U.S. Department of Labor.
  Carmell F. Anderson was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1944 and resided 
most of her life in Bay City, Michigan. She was a 1962 graduate of T. 
L. Handy High School, and after attending Delta College, and later 
Northern Michigan University, she earned her Bachelor and Master's 
degrees in secondary education. In 1984, Carmell earned her Ph.D. from 
the University of Michigan in Adult Education and Labor Studies.
  Along the way, Carmell taught driver's education and business classes 
for the Bay City Public Schools, worked at General Motors Saginaw 
Steering Gear, and the University of Missouri--Kansas City. In 1988, 
Carmell moved to Washington D.C. where she worked for the AFL-CIO--
Human Resources Development, Inc. (H.R.D.I.) at the George Meany Center 
in Silver Spring, Maryland, followed by a position as Executive 
Assistant to Congressman Bob Traxler.
  In 1991, she accepted a position as a researcher with the U.S. 
Department of Labor in Washington D.C. While working at the U.S. 
Department of Labor--Employment and Training Administration, Carmell 
and her husband, Jim Hoppenjan, volunteered during the first 
administration of the Clinton White House serving in the Correspondence 
Office, Personnel, and the NAFTA War Room. In 1994 she transferred to 
the Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship in Detroit, Michigan. 
Carmell retired from the U.S. Department of Labor in 2012 after 21 
years' service.
  Mr. Speaker I would like to congratulate Carmell F. Anderson on her 
retirement. We are fortunate to have such a dedicated public servant in 
the U.S. Department of Labor and I wish her well in her future 
endeavors.