[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16756]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



       TRIBUTE TO LAUREN JENNIFER MEEHAN--MISS NEW HAMPSHIRE 2000

 Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, I rise today to 
honor a young woman who has given selflessly to her community, inspired 
her peers and has been chosen to represent the great state of New 
Hampshire in the Miss America pageant in 2000, Lauren Jennifer Meehan.
  Lauren, crowned both Miss Lakes Region and Miss New Hampshire, is a 
1998 graduate of Nashua Senior High School. Not only did she graduate 
in the top ten percent of her class, she went on to continue her 
education at the University of New Hampshire, where she is a sophomore 
majoring in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. In addition 
to her premedical program course work, she minors in English as well.
  Despite a double major and challenging courses, Lauren finds time for 
her singing passion, performing with the All-State Classical Choir for 
the past 3 years, and she gives back to the surrounding community 
through her involvement as a kindergarten catechism teacher at St. 
Thomas Moore Parish, as well as a Wentworth Douglas Emergency Room 
volunteer.
  Her platform of attachment and adjustment disorders in children is 
especially poignant in an age where violence and mental disturbance 
with America's youth is all too common. Her dreams of entering the 
field of Pediatric Neurology will surely allow her to further research 
this field of study.
  Lauren is an excellent student who cares about her community and the 
state. Her talents, hard work and dedication are truly commendable, and 
it is an honor to represent her in the U.S. Senate.

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