[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 24, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING SUSAN NEWHART ELLIOTT FOR HER SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF 
                          DAYTON SCHOOL OF LAW

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                         HON. MICHAEL R. TURNER

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 24, 2025

  Mr. TURNER of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I want to honor a distinguished 
scholar from my Congressional district who is retiring after 31 years 
of service at the University of Dayton School of Law.
  Susan Newhart Elliott has served as a professor at the School of Law 
since 1994, is Director of the Zimmerman Law Library, and also serves 
as the University of Dayton Law Review faculty advisor. Susan earned 
her law degree from the University of Dayton in 1987, and was the law 
review's Managing Editor while she was a student. She has taught 
numerous classes in addition to serving as an Assistant Dean.
  Susan also holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree from Miami 
University, as well as a Master's in Library and Information Science 
from Kent State University.
  After receiving her law degree, Susan clerked for Judge Walter Rice 
of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio for two 
years before joining the law firm Coolidge, Wall, Womsley & Lombard, 
where she concentrated in complex litigation. She has also been an 
English instructor at Miami University, Xavier University, and Wright 
State University.
  As director of the Zimmerman Law Library, Susan has worked tirelessly 
to make certain that the library supports the school's mission of 
providing the highest quality of service to the law faculty and its 
students. This includes overseeing services to all library patrons, 
making sure the necessary books and electronic resources are available 
and accessible, and providing reference service seven days a week with 
a librarian who holds a Master's in library science and a law degree.
  Susan has helped train the minds of the law school's best and 
brightest students. Graduates have gone on to lead successful lives 
serving their communities as attorneys, judicial clerks, members of 
distinguished law firms, legal counsel in state and federal agencies, 
and on my Congressional staff. Her work has been critical to the law 
school's growing reputation, as the University of Dayton School of Law 
is tied for third among Ohio's nine law schools according to the most 
recent U.S. News & World Report rankings.
  For nearly 20 years, Susan has served as a reader for the Dayton 
Literary Peace Prize, evaluating nonfiction books submitted for 
consideration by the judges for the award. Inspired by the 1995 Dayton 
Peace Accords that ended the Bosnian War, the Dayton Literary Peace 
Prize is the only literary award in the United States that recognizes 
authors who utilize the power of the written word to promote peace,
  In recognition of Susan's longstanding service and contributions to 
the legal profession, an endowment was created in her name to recruit 
legal scholars to write for the University of Dayton Law Review, as 
well as to support the law review in perpetuity.
  Susan Newhart Elliott exemplifies all of the best qualities of a 
teacher, a scholar, and a public servant. She is a credit to her 
profession, and is loved and admired by her students, her colleagues, 
and her friends. I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking this truly 
outstanding citizen for her three decades of service to the University 
of Dayton School of Law. I wish her a happy, healthy, and productive 
retirement.

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