[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H19]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING DR. HAROLD BLACK

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. Burchett) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize my dear friend, 
Dr. Harold Black. The University of Georgia, his alma mater, recently 
announced it will name a new residence hall in his honor.
  He was the first Black student to enroll in the university's Terry 
College of Business, graduating with a bachelor of business 
administration in economics. He completed his education by earning his 
master of the arts and Ph.D. in economics from Ohio State University.
  Dr. Black then led an accomplished career working for financial 
institutions. He served as Deputy Director of the Department of 
Economic Research and Analysis in the United States Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency, Director and Chairman of the Nashville 
branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and consulted for 
several major banking corporations.
  Dr. Black later used his public and private sector experience to 
teach finance in the higher education system. Following tenures at 
several universities, Dr. Black eventually settled at my alma mater, 
the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
  Dr. Black shared his knowledge with students in the Haslam College of 
Business for 24 years until his retirement in 2011. Throughout his 
career, Dr. Black published his financial research in outlets like the 
American Economic Review, the Journal of Banking and Finance, and the 
Journal of Monetary Economics. He received many awards for his teaching 
and research. Dr. Black continues to write, publishing a weekly column 
in my favorite newspaper, the Knoxville Focus.
  Congratulations on your recent recognition from the University of 
Georgia, Dr. Black. Our community is proud of your achievements, and I 
for one enjoy reading your views on economics, and for making it so 
even a person of my intelligence level can understand what you are 
saying. I really appreciate it.


           Honoring Petty Officer Second Class Chris Al-Brett

  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Petty Officer Second Class 
Chris Al-Brett as Tennessee's Second District's Veteran of the Month.
  Chris enrolled in avionics school at the Naval Air Technical Training 
Center in Millington, Tennessee, in 1969. Later that year, he reported 
to Attack Squadron 174 based at Naval Air Station Cecil Field, which 
defended the beaches of Northeast Florida against a potential communist 
invasion.
  He worked on an A-7 Corsair 2 Light Attack Bomber. Chris later 
transferred to Attack Squadron 176 in Virginia. In 1972, he embarked 
aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a mission 
in the Mediterranean Sea. After serving overseas, Chris was honorably 
discharged from the U.S. Navy in 1974.
  In 2015, Chris joined the Captain Bill Robinson Chapter 1078 of the 
Vietnam Veterans of America. He became the chapter's public information 
officer, and the chapter received the Vietnam Veterans of America's 
2017 Chapter of the Year award thanks in part to his leadership.
  In December 2020, Chris joined the United Veterans Council of East 
Tennessee's Board of Directors as its public information officer. He 
was recently elected as the board's president, a position he will 
assume this year.
  Mr. Speaker, we thank Chris for his service to our country and to his 
fellow veterans. I wish him the very best at the start of his new 
position.

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