[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 174 (Monday, December 5, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1582]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        IN RECOGNITION OF CAMERON D. CLARKE, 2017 RHODES SCHOLAR

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                     HON. ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 5, 2016

  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with great pride to 
recognize Cameron D. Clarke, a Howard University senior majoring in 
biology and community health, who was awarded a prestigious Rhodes 
Scholarship for 2017. Mr. Clarke lives in Richmond, Virginia and is the 
fourth student from Howard University to have received this honor.
   While attending Howard University, Mr. Clarke engaged in research at 
the University's W. Montague Cobb Research Laboratory, which maintains 
a national repository for African-American skeletal remains. Mr. Clarke 
also participated in research at Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia 
through a Howard University-National Science Foundation grant. As an 
Amgen Scholar, he conducted research at the National Institutes of 
Health's Center for Cancer Research. Mr. Clarke is a certified 
emergency medical technician (EMT) and is the lead author on five out 
of six publications. He is co-president of Howard University's chapter 
of the Peer Health Exchange and a news editor of The Hilltop, the 
Howard University student newspaper. Currently, Mr. Clarke is among our 
own here on Capitol Hill as he is an intern for the U.S. House 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
   Mr. Clarke is one of 32 men and women selected from U.S. 
postsecondary institutions who competed with over 800 applicants to 
receive this award to study at the University of Oxford in England. 
With his Rhodes scholarship, Mr. Clarke intends to further his studies 
by pursuing a Master of Science degree with an emphasis in primary 
health care. Ultimately, Mr. Clarke wants to attend medical school and 
work in public health policy and clinical research.
   ``We are extremely proud of Mr. Clarke's accomplishments,'' said Dr. 
Wayne Frederick, President of Howard University. ``Mr. Clarke's 
academic pursuits will lead to solutions in the broader society that 
are needed ever more so today. Cameron is the epitome of Howard 
University's gift of solutions to the world.'' His achievements 
demonstrate what a person committed to excellence in truth and service 
can obtain when provided the opportunity. He exemplifies the best of 
Howard University and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
   I ask my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to join me 
in congratulating Mr. Cameron D. Clarke for his impressive academic 
achievements and being selected as one of America's Rhodes Scholarship 
winners. It is with honor that I call attention to this outstanding 
young man's achievements. May he continue to obtain the success for 
which he works hard and may he always find purpose and fulfillment in 
his efforts.

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