[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 27 (Friday, February 17, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E228]
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                       HONORING DR. PAUL STANTON

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                           HON. DAVID P. ROE

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 17, 2012

  Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
extraordinary career and work of Dr. Paul Stanton, president of East 
Tennessee State University for the past fifteen years. Dr. Stanton 
first came to ETSU in 1985, as director of the Division of Peripheral 
Vascular Surgery for the Veterans Administration Medical Center and 
ETSU's James H. Quillen College of Medicine. Over the next twelve years 
he devoted himself to ETSU, and for his dedication and hard work, he 
was named president in 1997. Under Dr. Stanton's leadership, ETSU 
markedly increased its percentage of residential students, built two 
large new dorms, and celebrated its centennial anniversary. Under his 
stewardship Princeton Review has named ETSE as one of America's best 
value colleges, and one of the top schools in the Southeast. Speaking 
as a physician, his most important achievement may have been the 
construction and completion of the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy. 
During Dr. Stanton's tenure, the Quillen College of Medicine has 
consistently been named as one of the top rural medical schools in the 
country, educating the next generation of physicians who more often 
than not stay and practice in East Tennessee, in addition to serving 
similar rural communities around the country.
  Through his sound leadership, Dr. Stanton, has strengthened the 
foundation of an important educational institution in East Tennessee. 
My daughter Whitney is a proud alumna of this distinguished public 
university.
  Along with providing transformative leadership for one of East 
Tennessee's most important academic institutions, Dr. Paul Stanton has 
long been a devoted and caring physician, family man, grandfather, 
teacher, scientist, mentor, true gentleman and a fellow Methodist. 
Throughout it all his beautiful and terrific wife Nancy has supported 
him and undertaken a great deal of community involvement herself. 
Though I know he will miss ETSU, I am sure Dr. Stanton will find a way 
to keep himself busy between golf, grandchildren, and continued service 
to the community.
  I thank Dr. Stanton for his service and wish him all the best in his 
well-deserved retirement.

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