[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 22, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 PAYING TRIBUTE TO JUDGE DENNIS CARROLL FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO 
                             MADISON COUNTY

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                          HON. SUSAN W. BROOKS

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 22, 2015

  Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Judge 
Dennis Carroll on the occasion of his retirement. For more than three 
decades, Judge Carroll has served as judge of Madison Circuit Court, 
Division 6 in Madison County, Indiana. The people of Indiana's Fifth 
Congressional District and especially Madison County are forever 
grateful for Judge Carroll's contributions to the Hoosier community.
  Although he is an Illinois native, Judge Carroll spent most of his 
life in Indiana. He first came to Indiana to attend Anderson 
University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in English and 
Education in 1969. Upon graduating, he was a high school English 
teacher at Shenandoah schools in Indiana, and later decided to attend 
law school.
  After graduating from the Indiana University School of Law in 1974, 
Judge Carroll and his wife, Emily, decided to lay down roots in 
Anderson, Indiana. He began his career in law serving as the first 
Executive Director of the East Central Indiana Legal Services Program. 
After three years, Judge Carroll returned to Anderson University as an 
adjunct professor and was Coordinator of the Pre-Law Studies Program. 
He also maintained a private law practice during his time with the 
University.
  Judge Carroll is truly a leader in the judiciary and in his 
community. During his 34 year tenure on the bench, he has served 
several terms as the Chief Judge of the Unified Courts of Madison 
County; was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Indiana 
Judicial Conference; and was appointed by the Chief Justice of the 
Indiana Supreme Court to serve on the Supreme Court Select Committee on 
Judicial Ethics, the Indiana Judicial Conference Education Committee, 
and the State Judiciary Criminal Law and Policy Committee. 
Additionally, Judge Carroll was a visionary when it came to Problem 
Solving Courts. In 2007, he founded a specialty court for Madison 
County, the Mental Health Court. In 2010, that court became the first 
Mental Health Court to earn accreditation as certified by the State of 
Indiana. He applied for and was awarded a grant that expanded mental 
health services in the Madison County courts under the banner of 
Problem Solving Courts, one of only two courts in the entire country to 
receive such an honor.
  In Madison County, Judge Carroll's contributions to the community go 
beyond his duties on the bench. He served on the Executive Committee of 
the Board of Trustees of Anderson University, the Board of the Madison 
County Urban League, and is affiliated with Community Hospital 
Anderson.
  His commitment to community led him to recruit people to fill public 
office and leadership roles in Madison County, including the current 
prosecutor and three judges. After Anderson University President James 
Edwards announced he would be retiring, Judge Carroll, as a member of 
the Anderson University recruitment committee, artfully orchestrated 
plans to recruit then Transportation and Security Administration 
Administrator John Pistole, an Anderson University alumnus, to return 
to Indiana to serve as the new President of Anderson University. This 
ensures that the strong legacy that past presidents have built at 
Anderson University will continue to grow.
  Judge Carroll's contributions to Madison County are vast and 
impressive, and although he will be retiring from his judgeship, we are 
thrilled that he plans to continue to play an active role in making our 
community a better place. On behalf of Indiana's Fifth Congressional 
District, I congratulate Judge Carroll on a well-deserved retirement 
and wish Judge Carroll and Emily the best as they move on to their next 
adventure.

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