[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 170 (Tuesday, December 3, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING MR. DUNBAR BROOKS

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                     HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 3, 2013

  Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise before you today to honor Mr. 
Dunbar Brooks on the occasion of his retirement from the Baltimore 
Metropolitan Council after a long and distinguished career and decades 
of selfless community volunteerism.
  A lifelong resident of Turner's Station in Baltimore County, Mr. 
Brooks is a United States Army veteran, honorably serving two tours of 
duty in Vietnam before starting his career. He has worked as a manager 
of data development and regional planner at the Baltimore Metropolitan 
Council since 1982, developing expertise in spinning numbers into 
compelling stories. He has become the go-to guy for demographers and 
planners across the region, helping to shape Baltimore's landscape.
  Throughout his career, Mr. Brooks has held several teaching 
positions, including at the Community College of Baltimore County and 
the Morgan State graduate school. He has managed to find time 
volunteering for countless boards and commissions, including both the 
Baltimore County Board of Education and Maryland State Board of 
Education, where he served as president. He is the longtime chairman of 
the Turner Station Development Corporation and a life member of the 
Dundalk-Sparrows Point NAACP.
  I would be remiss not to mention that Mr. Brooks' relentless 
leadership helped terminate plans for a dangerous and ill-advised 
liquid natural gas facility near the Turners Station community. Mr. 
Brooks spent countless hours fighting on behalf of his community, the 
Port of Baltimore and the thousands of jobs dependent on it.
  Mr. Brooks' is the well-deserved recipient of awards and accolades 
too numerous to list in their entirety. Most recently, he received the 
Baltimore County NAACP Excellence in Education Award. In 2002, he 
earned the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Baltimore City Community 
College and the Chesapeake Region Community Service Award from the Boy 
Scouts in 1998.
  I have had the pleasure of knowing Mr. Brooks on a personal level for 
many years. In addition to his community spirit and generosity, I am 
deeply impressed with his dedication to his family. He is also a loving 
husband to his wife, Edith, as well as a proud father and grandfather.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join with me today to honor Mr. Dunbar 
Brooks. His service and dedication to the people of Maryland is an 
inspiration. It is with great pride that I congratulate him on his 
retirement and wish him many more years of continued success and 
happiness.

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