[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 20, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING JUDGE HORACE T. WARD

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                  HON. HENRY C. ``HANK'' JOHNSON, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 20, 2014

  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I submit the following 
Proclamation.
  Whereas, Judge Horace T. Ward is a tenacious man of many gifts, 
talents and much wisdom who has served this nation nobly as private 
citizen, soldier, lawyer, state senator and federal judge; and
  Whereas, Judge Horace T. Ward rose from humble beginnings in 
LaGrange, Georgia showing unusual academic achievement from an early 
age by graduating as Valedictorian of his high school class, 
matriculating to Morehouse College and Atlanta University where he 
eventually earned the Master's Degree; and
  Whereas, he demonstrated an interest in studying law at a young age 
when he met one of the few African American lawyers in Georgia at the 
time, the great A. T. Walden, and set his sights on the University of 
Georgia Law School in an era of strict segregation,; and
  Whereas, he continued his fight to study at UGA for more than six 
long years and in the interim received his law degree from Northwestern 
University in Illinois and honorably served his country in the Korean 
War, he then returned to Georgia and made history as part of a legal 
team that successfully adjudicated the desegregation of the University 
of Georgia, thus opening educational opportunities to succeeding 
generations of African American students; and
  Whereas, Judge Ward again made history in 1979 when President Jimmy 
Carter appointed him as the first African American to serve on the U.S. 
Federal bench in Georgia as a District Court Judge for the Northern 
District where he served honorably and well; and
  Whereas, the Seventh Day Adventist Church is today honoring Judge 
Ward, an elder in the church, the U.S. Representative of the Fourth 
District of Georgia has also set aside this day to honor and recognize 
Judge Horace T. Ward for his outstanding leadership and service to all 
citizens in the state of Georgia, including and especially the citizens 
of our district; now therefore, I, Henry C. ``Hank'' Johnson, Jr. do 
hereby proclaim February 8, 2014 as Judge Horace T. Ward Day in the 4th 
Congressional District.
  Proclaimed, this 8th day of February, 2014.

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