[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 143 (Thursday, October 1, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1407]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     RECOGNIZING THELMA FAGIN HYMAN

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 1, 2015

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask the House of 
Representatives to join me in recognizing Thelma Fagin Hyman, who 
devoted her professional life to teaching in the segregated school 
system of the District of Columbia and who continued teaching for years 
after the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of 
Education ended segregation in the District and elsewhere.
  The Dunbar Senior High School class of 1955, which celebrates its 
60th anniversary this year, particularly thanks Ms. Hyman for her 
dedication as a teacher and recognizes her as a mentor of the class of 
1955.
  Thelma Fagin Hyman was born January 29, 1917, at Freeman's Hospital 
(now Howard University Hospital) and educated in District of Columbia 
public schools. She received her Bachelor of Science from Howard 
University and her Master of Arts from Columbia University. Before 
returning to Dunbar High School in 1946, Ms. Hyman taught physical 
education at Cardozo High School and Turner Jr. High School in D.C. She 
remained at Dunbar until she retired in 1964. She was married to 
Vincent Fagin for 38 years until his death. Later, she married Harold 
Hyman.
  Ms. Hyman taught physical education to many students in the Dunbar 
class of 1955. She personified the excellence and dedication Dunbar 
teachers brought to their work. The class of 1955 believes it most 
appropriate to recognize one of its outstanding teachers as the class 
celebrates its 60th anniversary. At 98, Thelma Fagin Hyman is as lively 
today as she was as a teacher at Dunbar.
  Along with the class of 1955, I ask the House of Representatives to 
join me in commending Thelma Fagin Hyman for her dedication as a 
teacher in the District of Columbia public schools, particularly at 
Dunbar High School, and as a mentor of the Dunbar class of 1955.

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