[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 120 (Monday, September 10, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




IN RECOGNITION OF DR. JOANN BOUGHMAN'S BECOMING SENIOR VICE CHANCELLOR 
       FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND

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                         HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 10, 2012

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Dr. Joann 
Boughman, who will become Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs 
at the University System of Maryland this month. Dr. Boughman is a 
geneticist with more than 30 years of teaching and administrative 
experience in higher education. The University System is fortunate to 
have her join its leadership team.
  For the past 11 years, Dr. Boughman has done outstanding work as 
Executive Vice President of the American Society of Human Genetics 
(``ASHG''), which is located in my congressional district. In that 
capacity, she has been instrumental in ensuring that scientists are 
engaged in public policy. She has served on federal advisory committees 
on the regulation of genetic tests and has testified before government 
panels. She has been a tireless advocate for the need to protect the 
American people against genetic discrimination and was a leading 
champion of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Under her 
leadership, ASHG partnered with the National Human Genome Research 
Institute at the National Institutes of Health in pioneering a 
Congressional fellowship to bring young geneticists to Capitol Hill.
  Dr. Boughman has a long record of service at the University of 
Maryland. Before joining ASHG, she was Vice President for Academic 
Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Maryland 
in Baltimore. Prior to holding those positions, she had served as 
Assistant Professor of epidemiology and preventive medicine and 
Director of the School of Medicine's graduate program in human 
genetics.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend the University System of Maryland on its 
appointment of Dr. Boughmnan and look forward to working with her in 
the years ahead.

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