[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 97 (Friday, June 7, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING PROFESSOR HEIDE WHELAN

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                        HON. THOMAS H. KEAN, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 7, 2024

  Mr. KEAN of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the career 
of Professor Heide Whelan, Professor Emerita of History at Dartmouth 
College. Professor Whelan grew up in Lubeck, Germany in the aftermath 
of World War II.
  One of her earliest memories was of Russian tank units stationed less 
than a mile from her childhood home. This experience informed her love 
of freedom, democracy, and independent thought. She later emigrated to 
the United States, becoming a naturalized citizen, and used her 
personal experiences to illuminate Central European and Russian 
history. Professor Whelan was a masterful teacher who brought her 
fascination with and love of Russian culture and history to decades of 
students at Dartmouth. Her classes on Soviet history were consistently 
oversubscribed and some of the most popular on campus.
  Professor Whelan was also a friend and mentor to students--she led 
several foreign study programs and provided guidance and personal 
friendship to her students. She cared about her students, and over 
thirty years later, her students still care for her.

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