[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 103 (Thursday, June 25, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT ELSON FLOYD

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                         HON. DAVID G. REICHERT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 25, 2015

  Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, today we remember the life of Washington 
State University President Elson Floyd. Dr. Floyd was one of the 
leading lights of education in our state. He not only ensured that he 
personally engaged with the lives of the students on his own campus, 
but he advocated for higher education across the state to any who would 
listen. He made educating his top priority and took extra measures to 
help his school succeed--such as cutting his own salary when he saw the 
effects of the economic downturn on WSU. I have had the pleasure of 
personally meeting Dr. Floyd and was moved by his passion and 
sincerity. We need more men and women like him throughout this country, 
helping our young people realize the advantages of pursuing a good 
education and pursue their dreams. My thoughts and prayers are with his 
wife and children as well as with his WSU family. As we say in the law 
enforcement world, he is gone but never forgotten.

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