[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 26, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E254-E255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNITION FOR ANNA JOLIVET

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                            HON. RON BARBER

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 26, 2014

  Mr. BARBER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Anna Jolivet, a 
renowned and deeply respected educator in Tucson, Arizona who passed 
away late last month at age 85.
  Ms. Jolivet retired from the Tucson Unified School District as an 
assistant superintendent

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in 1989. But she continued to have influence in our community as a 
civic activist and supporter.
  Ms. Jolivet was born in Tucson and grew up in an era when Tucson 
elementary and high schools were racially segregated. In 1950, she was 
one of three African-American women to graduate from the University of 
Arizona, where she received bachelor's and master's degrees in 
elementary education and a doctorate in education administration.
  She served her community primarily as an educator--but also as a 
community advocate and cultural leader. She served as a member of the 
boards of directors for numerous local, regional and national 
organizations.
  Ms. Jolivet was the first African-American woman to be appointed 
principal of a Tucson Unified School District school. And in 1996, she 
was the first African-American woman to be named Woman of the Year by 
the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.
  Ms. Jolivet was a founding member of the America-Israel Friendship 
League's Tucson chapter and of the Educational Enrichment Foundation. 
Anna and I founded the Educational Enrichment Foundation in 1983. The 
Foundation continues to serve children attending Tucson schools. In 
2010, the Educational Enrichment Foundation honored Ms. Jolivet with 
its Ray Davies Lifetime Humanitarian Achievement Award for her 
involvement in programs and institutions that promote quality education 
and serve Tucson's youth.
  On March 1, Ms. Jolivet will be honored by the Tucson Urban League at 
its first annual Equal Opportunity Day Awards Dinner--an event that 
will be held to remind the Tucson community that the greatness of our 
country rests upon the principle of equal opportunity for everyone. 
This principle was the foundation in which Anna served the children of 
Tucson and our community at large.
  I am proud to recognize Anna Jolivet--an outstanding citizen of 
Tucson who has left a strong legacy that we celebrate today.

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