[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17594]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      TRIBUTE TO DR. THOMAS LLOYD

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                         HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR.

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 22, 1999

  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a man whose 
outstanding dedication to our children, the future of our nation, does 
us all proud. Dr. Thomas Lloyd, General Superintendent of Schools in 
the Highland Park School District, passed away on June 28, 1999, at the 
age of 61. The community will miss him dearly.
  Dr. Lloyd, who had served since 1996 as the District's 16th 
superintendent, was born in Miami and graduated from George Washington 
Carver High School there is 1956. After attending Morehouse College in 
Atlanta, Dr. Lloyd enrolled at Wayne State University, where he earned 
a B.A. in Psychology in 1963. In addition, he minored in Sociology and 
English. He continued on at Wayne State, where he earned a M.A. in 
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling, with a minor in Education. 
Subsequently, Dr. Lloyd earned is Ph. D in Administration and 
Supervision at the University of Michigan.
  From 1962-63, Dr. Lloyd served as research technician at Henry Ford 
Hospital and Lafayette Clinic in Detroit. He also served as a clinical 
psychologist at W.J. Maxey Training School in Whitmore Lake (1963-65), 
an assistant at Wayne State's Traffic Research Center, and as School 
Psychological Diagnostician for the Southern Wayne County Economic 
Group, Inc. (1996-68). Additionally, Dr. Lloyd served as dropout 
counselor and guidance department supervisor in the Detroit Public 
Schools; and as team leader, special instructor and acting supervisor 
of trainee affairs at the DPS Skills Training Center from 1965-66.
  In his 32 years of service to the Highland Park School District, Dr. 
Lloyd held a variety of posts. A state-certified Psychological 
Examiner, he also served as School Diagnostician (1967-68), counselor 
at Highland Park Community College (1968-1971), Assistant Dean at HPCC 
(1971), and School District Special Education Programs Supervisor 
(1987). Dr. Lloyd also had an earlier stint as Superintendent of 
Schools (1978-87) and two periods as President of Highland Park 
Community College (1971-78 and 1993-96).
  Dr. Lloyd was renowned and respected for his leadership ability in 
the field of education, always placing a strong emphasis on planning, 
efficiency and fiscal responsibility. His most recent accomplishment 
was a richly detailed blueprint for improved educational quality and 
student achievement, the 1997-2000 Districtwide School Improvement 
Plan. Dr. Lloyd realized early on the impact that new technology would 
have on learning, becoming a strong advocate for high-tech teaching, 
learning and information services. He led the District into a new age 
of technology, accomplishing a swift transition into an exciting era.
  Dr. Lloyd was also an impassioned defender of Highland Park Community 
College. He voraciously fought to keep the only convenient metro-area 
community college open, to serve thousands of ````education-seeking 
students'' who could not easily attend other institutions of higher 
learning. He fought to ensure that education was available to all, not 
just a privileged few.
  Other initiatives fostered under Dr. Lloyd's stewardship were the 
creation of a new public information program, and in concert with the 
Mother's Club of Highland Park, reactivation of the Harvey C. Jackson, 
Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund. Combined with local fundraising and 
outside providers, the Scholarship Fund has issued $173,400 in college 
scholarships to 127 Highland Park students in 18 years. Dr. Lloyd 
successfully grasped the importance of advanced education in the modern 
world and ensured that his gifted students were in no way restrained 
from reaching their full potential.
  In addition, Dr. Lloyd, at various points in his career, served as 
chairman of national and local planning committees. He planned the 
first annual National Association of Black School Educators Summer 
Leadership Academy (Ann Arbor, 1983). He also chaired the Southeastern 
Michigan League of Community Colleges (1977-78), and served on the 
Executive Board of the Michigan Community College Association. Also, 
Dr. Lloyd was also a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the Phi 
Delta Kappa educational honorary society, and various state and 
national professional organizations in the fields of psychology and 
education.
  Dr. Lloyd has served as a member of executive boards of the Highland 
Park Boys' Club, Rotary Club, Caucus Club, Metropolitan Detroit Bureau 
of School Studies, and Detroit Black United Fund. In addition, he was a 
member of the Highland Park Lions' Club, Highland Park City Planning 
Commission, and the advisory board of the Reggie McKenzie Foundation, 
and has served as Trustee of Mayflower Congregational Church in 
Detroit.
  In 1997, Dr. Lloyd received the honored Golden Apple Award, from the 
Trailblazer's Division (Scouting for the Handicapped) of the Detroit 
Area Council, Boy Scouts of America.
  Dr. Lloyd is survived by his wife Karen, son Thomas (Melissa), 
daughters Lisa (Mark) and Charlene, stepdaughter Dawnielle, brothers 
Samuel and James, grandsons Kennie Hobbs, Jr., and Mark Jones, Jr., and 
granddaughters Danielle Mike; Jessica, Amber and Mallory Lloyd.

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