[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 83 (Friday, May 30, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E882]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING MR. PAUL W. FERGUSON ON HIS SELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF 
                         BALL STATE UNIVERSITY

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                            HON. LUKE MESSER

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 30, 2014

  Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Paul W. 
Ferguson on being selected as the 15th President of Ball State 
University.
  Mr. Ferguson has had a long and distinguished career as an educator 
and college administrator. He was an Assistant Professor of 
Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Louisiana, Monroe 
(ULM), where he was instrumental in establishing the first 
undergraduate toxicology program in the South.
  After working as Senior Toxicologist for Unocal Corporation in Los 
Angeles, he returned to Louisiana and served as an award winning 
Professor and Head of the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology at 
ULM. Paul would go on to hold many leadership positions there, as well 
as at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Edwardsville campus 
of Southern Illinois University (SIUE). During his time at SIUE, the 
university received national recognition for its academic innovation, 
culture of assessment and commitment to continuous quality improvement.
  In 2011, Mr. Ferguson became the 19th President of the University of 
Maine. President Ferguson demonstrated an ability to accomplish high 
quality results with a student-centered approach to leading while at 
Maine. Their loss will be Ball State's gain.
  I ask the entire 6th Congressional District to join me in welcoming 
Paul and his wife, Grace, to Indiana, and congratulating him on being 
selected as Ball State's next President. We wish you the best of luck 
in this next adventure!

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