[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 28864]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         HONORING BERNA DALLONS

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                            HON. LOIS CAPPS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 4, 1999

  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to inform my colleagues of an 
outstanding constituent who has spent most of her life dedicated to 
higher education. Ms. Berna Dallons has been named benefactor of the 
year by the Council for Resource Development for her significant 
contributions to resource development at Cuesta College. Recipients of 
this award embody the ideals of philanthropy, leadership, and 
volunteerism in their service to the nation's 1,200 community, 
technical and junior colleges.
  As a longtime community leader, educator, and member of the 
Foundation Board of Director, Ms. Dallons led Cuesta's first ever 
capital fund drive, after serving on the College's Blue Ribbon Site 
Selection Committee. In July 1996, Ms. Dallons, with her husband John, 
offered the college a lease option for land for the North County 
Campus, and over the next three years, personally contributed over 
$250,000 to the Campaign for Cuesta. As a volunteer leader, Berna 
Dallons led the charge to build a North County Campus with the support 
of 2000 volunteers, raising more than $2,000,000 in two years for a 
campus serving 2,000 students.
  Mr. Speaker, Berna has taken community service to the highest level. 
I applaud the National Council for Resource Development on its choice 
for this award and I feel so privileged and proud to have this 
opportunity to recognize Ms. Dallons on behalf of the United States 
Congress. Berna, I commend you for your service to the community that 
we share and to our Nation.

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