[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 185 (Friday, December 18, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1832-E1833]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING DEAN WILLIAM REEDER OF GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOR HIS 
                  COMMITMENT TO THE ARTS AND EDUCATION

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 18, 2015

  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dean William 
(Bill) Reeder of George Mason University on his career in education, 
management, philanthropic administration, and most notably, the arts.
   Over the span of his 40-year career, Dean Reeder has raised over 
$250 million in private funds for the arts and education. Reeder is the

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founding and current Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts 
where he oversees eight academic divisions: The School of Music, School 
of Art, School of Dance, School of Theater, Arts Management Master's 
Program, Film and Video Studies Program, Computer Game Design Program 
and the Potomac Arts Academy.
   Dean Reeder manages two regional art centers: the Center for the 
Arts in Fairfax as well as the Hylton Performing Arts Center. He also 
serves as the Co-Director of George Mason's Confucius Institute, a 
partnership between Mason and the Beijing Language and Cultural 
University.
   In the midst of his demanding schedule, Reeder finds the time to 
teach an Arts Management course, hold the distinguished honor of the 
Eminent Scholar's Heritage Chairman in Arts and Cultural Criticism, and 
serve on two boards: United Way of the National Capital Region and CEO 
Forum of Prince William.
   Reeder spent eight years as the leading operatic tenor engaged by 
the Zurich, Switzerland Opera Company. From 1993 to 1997, Reeder was 
President of the Saint Louis Conservatory of Music, followed by six 
years as the Education Director of the Levine School of Music located 
in Washington, D.C.
   Prior to joining George Mason, Reeder served as Vice President and 
General Manager of the Washington Performing Arts Society and two years 
with the Sallie Mae Corporation as the Founding Director of the Sallie 
Mae Trust for Education.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in commending Dean Bill 
Reeder as a prominent figure in Greater Prince William and tireless 
champion of arts education.

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