[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16240]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   TRIBUTE TO ELEANORE DRUEHL NETTLE

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 2, 2001

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
distinguished American, an extraordinary Californian, a beloved friend 
and an institution in San Mateo County--Eleanore Druehl Nettle, who 
passed away in June of this year.
  Eleanore Nettle served for thirty-three years as a Trustee on the San 
Mateo County Community College Board, longer than any other trustee in 
the history of the District. During her tenure she attended almost 800 
Board meetings and served as President of the Board nine times. She was 
the driving force in fostering the growth of the District from a single 
campus to three, and from 2,700 students to more than 30,000. Half-a-
million students attended the college while she sat on the Board.
  Eleanore Nettle gave generously of her time and talents to the League 
of Women Voters and the American Association of University Women. She 
was recognized throughout California as a leader in community college 
affairs and received many awards and honors, including the Trustee of 
the Year Award given by the California Community College Trustees 
Association. Eleanore was appointed by Governor Edmund G. ``Pat'' Brown 
as a community college representative to the Coordinating Council for 
Higher Education and re-appointed by Governor Reagan.
  Eleanore was a graduate of the College of San Mateo and an active and 
faith-filled member of her church since 1950. She was the devoted wife 
of the late Lester Nettle and the proud mother of a daughter, twin sons 
and a granddaughter.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in paying tribute to a 
great and good woman, Eleanore Druehl Nettle and offer the condolences 
of the entire House of Representatives to her family. We are a better 
community, a better country and a better people because of her.

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