[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 163 (Wednesday, October 16, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING PAMELA WILHOITE STROMAN

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 16, 2019

  Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask the House of 
Representatives to join me in recognizing the life and work of Pamela 
Wilhoite Stroman on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
  Stroman was born in Rapidan, Virginia on October 22, 1919. She was 
the second of three children. In her early teens, she moved to 
Washington, DC, where she attended Garnett Patterson Jr. High School 
and Armstrong High School.
  After passing the government worker's entrance exam, Stroman worked 
for 35 years at the Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing as a final 
assembler of paper money. She retired in 1974.
  As an avid sports lover, she calls herself Tiger Wood's grandmother 
and coaches him, and the Washington football team, from her living 
room. She wears T-shirts for good luck and knows all the scores, 
statistics, players and officials by name.
  Stroman is a resident of Ward 5 in the Stronghold community, where 
she is one of the oldest neighbors. She was one of 15 original 
residents in the ``White Hat Patrol'', a group of residents who 
monitored security in the neighborhood. She is the mother of two 
daughters, Tayloria and India, and the wife of David Stroman.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join me in 
recognizing the life and work of Pamela Wilhoite Stroman on the 
occasion of her 100th birthday.

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