[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 93 (Thursday, June 11, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E878]
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            REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF REVEREND DR. RICHARD LIN

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                             HON. TIM RYAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 11, 2015

  Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and celebrate 
the life of my constituent Anita Lin's loving father Reverend Dr. 
Richard Lin. Anita currently presides as the director emeritus of 
Ballet Western Reserve in Youngstown, Ohio and was appointed by the 
White House in 2014 to serve as a member of the John F. Kennedy Center 
for the Performing Arts' advisory committee. Her dear father Dr. Lin 
passed away peacefully on May 21 in Santa Rosa, California. Dr. Lin was 
highly regarded within the community for his devotion to the performing 
arts and the teaching of music.
   Born in Hunan Province, China in 1925 to humble beginnings, Richard 
Lin immigrated to the United States in 1952. Richard was very 
successful in his schooling having studied voice at the National 
Conservatory of Music in Shanghai before earning an undergraduate 
degree from the National Conservatory of Music in Paris. After 
performing in concert tours nationally and internationally, Richard 
went on to teach at the Oklahoma Baptist University for twelve years as 
a professor of music and chairman of the voice department before co-
founding the Chinese Christian Church Music Institute for Worship. In 
addition, Dr. Lin was a senior professor of church music at the 
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he touched the lives of 
thousands of church musicians. His achievements in teaching were 
recognized by the Association of Voice Teachers and American Choral 
Directors Association.
   Dr. Lin is survived by his loving wife, Julia See Ying Lam Lin, with 
whom he shared sixty-five wonderful years. He also leaves behind his 
four children, eight grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter. I am 
deeply saddened by the passing of Reverend Dr. Richard Lin and I would 
like to extend my deepest condolences to his entire family. He was a 
great man whose legacy will continue to live on, and he will be missed.

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