[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6670]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 IN SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF JENNIFER L. GALIPEAU ON HER APPOINTMENT TO 
                   ATTEND THE U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY

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                          HON. PAUL E. GILLMOR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 1, 2001

  Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay special tribute to an 
outstanding young woman from Ohio's Fifth Congressional District. I am 
happy to announce that Jennifer L. Galipeau of Tiffin, Ohio, has been 
offered an appointment to attend the United States Air Force Academy, 
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  Mr. Speaker, Jennifer's offer of appointment poises her to attend the 
United States Air Force Academy this fall within the incoming cadet 
class of 2005. Attending one of our nation's military academies is an 
invaluable experience that offers a world-class education and demands 
the very best that these young men and women have to offer. Truly, it 
is one of the most challenging and rewarding undertaking of their 
lives.
  Jennifer brings an enormous amount of leadership, service and 
dedication to the incoming class of Air Force Academy cadets. While 
attending Calvert High School in Tiffin, Jennifer attained a grade 
point average of 3.96, which places her sixty in a class of 72. In her 
high school career, Jennifer has been recognized as a National Honor 
Society Member, a National Science and English Merit Award Winner, 
Citizenship award recipient, a three time Academic Varsity letter 
recipient and has been counted in the Who's Who Among American High 
School Students.
  Outside the classroom, Jennifer has distinguished herself as an 
excellent student-athlete. On the fields of competition, she has earned 
letter in cross-country and softball. She has also been active as a 
member of SADD, the Calvert News Staff, the French Club, and has been 
an assistant coach for the Tiffin ponytail softball league. 
Highlighting her distinguished career is her service in the Civil Air 
Patrol where she was named Flight Commander and the 1999 Cadet of the 
Year. In addition, she is a 1999 graduate of the NASA Space Academy in 
Huntsville, Alabama.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud of rise today to pay special tribute to 
Jennifer L. Galipeau. Our service academies offer the finest education 
and military training available anywhere in the world. I am confident 
that Jennifer will do very well during her career at the Air Force 
Academy and I ask my colleagues to join me in wishing her well as she 
begins her service to the nation.

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