[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1492]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING DON ENSLEY

  (Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the life of 
eastern North Carolina legend Don Ensley.
  As a community health educator, advocate, and environmental champion, 
Dr. Ensley also represented the best of eastern North Carolina.
  After graduating from North Carolina Central, he served in the United 
States Army during Vietnam. Upon completing degrees at Michigan State 
and UNC-Chapel Hill, he joined East Carolina's faculty in 1977 as an 
associate professor in the School of Allied Health and Social 
Professions' Department of Community Health and became chair. He acted 
as the assistant vice chancellor for community engagement.
  Dr. Ensley was one of the first African-American health sciences 
faculty. He was also the first president of the North Carolina Coastal 
Federation.
  Above all, I am grateful for his mentorship, friendship, and the 
legacy he leaves us.
  Besides rural health, he loved his late wife, Ramona, and spending 
time with friends, fish, and politics.
  He would end his messages to me with ``Don'' and the initial from his 
last name, ``E'': ``DonE.''
  Well DonE, Dr. Ensley.
  I extend heartfelt condolences to his daughter who he loved so well, 
Akilah.

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