[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 30, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1276]
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                      RECOGNIZING DR. CORA MARRETT

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                           HON. FRANK R. WOLF

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 30, 2014

  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Dr. Cora Marrett's career 
of service to our country--both in government and education. Since 
2011, Dr. Marrett has served as deputy director of the National Science 
Foundation (NSF), and I have had the pleasure of working with her as 
chairman of the House Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations 
subcommittee. I recently learned that she will be retiring next month 
after an exceptional career in academia and with NSF.
  Dr. Marrett has helped lead NSF as its acting director, deputy 
director, acting deputy director and as the assistant director for 
Education and Human Resources, where she led efforts on STEM education 
research and outreach--a key priority for the CJS subcommittee in 
recent years. I particularly appreciate her leadership on efforts 
included in appropriations bills at my request to better understand 
gaps in K-12 STEM education research and to bolster American 
competitiveness in those fields.
  Cora has a long history of service at NSF. She previously served as 
the first assistant director for the Social, Behavioral and Economic 
Sciences directorate from 1992-1996. During that time she earned NSF's 
``Distinguished Service Award'' for her leadership. She subsequently 
served as senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost at 
the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and later the senior vice 
president for academic affairs for the University of Wisconsin system, 
as well as a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-
Madison.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Dr. Marrett for her outstanding 
leadership and service at NSF and wish her and her family all the best 
for her upcoming retirement.

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