[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 63 (Tuesday, May 7, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E612-E613]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING EUGENE DAVID ZOLLER

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                            HON. JOE GARCIA

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 7, 2013

  Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Teacher Mr. 
Eugene David Zoller who is retiring this year after 47 years in public 
and private school classrooms as an exemplary and inspirational teacher 
of Social Studies. Eugene Zoller attributes his calling as a teacher to 
the influence of his mother Dorothea Donahue Zoller, his aunt Josephine 
Donahue, and his Grade 8 teacher, Sr. Joan Bernadette Davis, a sister 
of Notre Dame de Namur.
  He started his teaching career in the Massachusetts public schools 
and continued his teaching in 1985, until his retirement in 2013, at 
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami, Florida, which I am proud to 
proclaim as my high school alma mater.

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  In 28 years at Belen Jesuit, Mr. Zoller has been the lead Teacher of 
Civics and Honors Civics, Faculty Advisor of the National Junior Honor 
Society, Director of the Patriot Program, Organizer of the Miami-Dade 
County Court and Jail tour, Chaperone of the Overseas Study Program 
trip to Russia, Chaperone of the Close Up program, Supervisor of the 
daily posting of the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald in the Central 
Patio, and honored by Nova Southeastern University with the Cervantes 
Award and Univision as a Maestro Especial. Mr. Zoller immortalized the 
Pan con Lechon Booth at the Belen Tombola dedicated to raising money 
for the school's scholarship program.
  With honor, unwavering commitment, and love of country, Mr. Zoller 
has nurtured in his students a fervent patriotism for the United States 
of America. The Belen Jesuit community of students, parents, teachers, 
and alumni consider Mr. Zoller one of the pillars of our school and I 
eagerly add my name to the legions that admire and appreciate his 
service to God, Country, and Belen Jesuit Preparatory School.

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