[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 14, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E64]
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                  IN RECOGNITION OF SARA MILLER McCUNE

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                            HON. LOIS CAPPS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 14, 2014

  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor Sara Miller McCune for 
a life and career distinguished by tremendous accomplishment, success 
and generosity.
   Mrs. Miller McCune is a prominent business leader, charitable 
philanthropist and valued member of the Central Coast community. 
Originally from Queens, New York, Sara and her late husband, George 
McCune, founded the renowned SAGE Publications in 1965. Since that 
time, SAGE Publications has flourished as a prestigious institution of 
academic publishing, employing nearly 1,000 people around the world. 
The company publishes hundreds of journals and has thousands of 
academic titles in print. Sara is also the founder of the Miller-McCune 
Center for Research, Media and Public Policy and the SAGE Center for 
the Study of the Mind at the University of California Santa Barbara.
   Mrs. Miller McCune's philanthropy is far-reaching and has been aimed 
at improving educational opportunities for all. Her giving represents 
her commitment to the underprivileged, and fulfilling achievement gaps 
for students everywhere. Sara and her husband established the McCune 
Foundation in the 1990s with the goal of empowering underserved 
populations through targeted grant-making. Today, the Foundation 
supports a number of community building initiatives that address a wide 
range of issues up and down the Central Coast. Additionally, Mrs. 
McCune has endowed a competitive internship program at the University 
of California, Santa Barbara to provide service-learning opportunities 
for students to give back to their community.
   Sara is also a supporter of Cottage Hospital and the Granada Theater 
in my hometown of Santa Barbara. These are only a few of the many 
examples where Sara has proven her benevolent spirit and we cannot 
thank her enough.
   I am pleased to celebrate Sara's countless achievements as she is 
honored by her friends and colleagues tonight. She is truly a pioneer 
in the world of publishing and a treasured member of our community.

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