[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 145 (Monday, September 26, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1361]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING DR. CLAYTON LAWRENCE

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 26, 2016

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Clayton 
Lawrence for his philanthropic leadership throughout Washington D.C. 
and across our nation.
  After receiving a United States Army scholarship to attend the 
University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor in 1991, Dr. 
Lawrence began a medical career that has led him to being recognized as 
a leader in the District's medical community. Dr. Lawrence has worked 
in the Pentagon Clinic as a flight surgeon and is a distinguished 
veteran with international work experience, including successful 
deployments to the Middle East, Central America, Europe, and Asia, 
providing direct medical support for a variety of U.S. peacekeeping 
operations abroad. In all, Dr. Lawrence has accumulated more than 20 
years of experience in surgery, family, and emergency medicine.
  In 2009, Dr. Lawrence established LEAP Foundation DC with a guiding 
mission to provide underserved citizens in the greater Washington D.C. 
area with health and wellness educational opportunities and programs. 
Driven further by a sense of urgency to help mentor and build the next 
generation of leaders, the foundation has been engaged in providing 
financial support, scholarships, and fellowships for high-achieving 
students from low socioeconomic backgrounds to pursue post-secondary 
education.
  LEAP Foundation DC has also participated in many activities with our 
office, including the Congressional Art Competition, Senior Legislative 
Day and Covenant House's annual Christmas Party on the Hill for 
Disadvantaged Youth. Since its inception, LEAP Foundation DC has 
contributed approximately a quarter of a million dollars to 
philanthropic work. In the last three years alone, LEAP Foundation DC 
employees have donated more than 6,000 volunteer hours and more than 
$75,000 in donations and scholarships to individuals and charities 
around the nation. In 2014, LEAP Foundation DC was awarded its first 
prestigious award, the Non-Profit award by the Greater Washington 
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
  Furthermore, since 2011, in his passion for endurance sports, Dr. 
Lawrence, on behalf of LEAP Foundation DC, has participated in over 80 
marathons and run more than 10,000 miles to bring awareness to the 
following organizations: American Cancer Society, St. Jude Foundation, 
American Red Cross, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, Inheritance of Hope 
Foundation, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Semper Fi Fund, Demand Cures 
and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
  Dr. Clayton Lawrence, through his leadership as CEO of Lawrence 
Executive Alliance of Professionals (LEAP), LLC, has also been 
recognized as an outstanding community leader as the DC Chamber of 
Commerce's 2015 recipient of the Small Business Person of the Year 
Award. Since its inception in 2007, LEAP, LLC, has helped create jobs, 
impacting the national economy and representing job growth in 11 
different states. Dr. Lawrence was also recognized as the 2014 
Washington Business Journal's Minority Business Leader Award Winner and 
the 2015 Valedictorian of the Small Business Administration's Emerging 
Leaders Initiative.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Dr. Lawrence, 
who has made an indelible impact on the lives of D.C. citizens through 
his charitable, civic, and guiding servant leadership.

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