[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     IN SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF DR. ROBERT MARTIN AND HIS INAUGURAL 
          LEADERSHIP LECTURE AT THE HAYES PRESIDENTIAL CENTER

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                          HON. PAUL E. GILLMOR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 12, 2004

  Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay special tribute to an 
outstanding man, Dr. Robert Martin. This Friday, May 14, Dr. Martin 
will offer the first lecture at the Hayes Presidential Center's first 
annual ``Hayes Lecture on Leadership.'' This is a momentous occasion 
and an exciting time at the Hayes Presidential Center, which was the 
first Presidential library in the United States.
   In June 2001, Dr. Robert Sidney Martin was nominated by the 
President of the United States to be Director of the Institute of 
Museum and Library Services (IMLS); the U.S. Senate subsequently 
confirmed his nomination by unanimous consent. Dr. Martin is the first 
librarian to lead IMLS, formed in 1996.
  Under Dr. Martin's leadership, IMLS launched a new grant program to 
recruit and educate the next generation of librarians. The program, 
announced by Mrs. Bush in January 2002, seeks to off-set a pending 
national shortage of librarians due to retirements. Dr. Martin acted as 
co-host to Mrs. Bush for two seminal White House conferences, one on 
school libraries and the other on libraries, museums, and lifelong 
learning. In 2004, Dr. Martin will make the inaugural grants for 
``Museums for America,'' to sustain heritage, support lifelong 
learning, and provide centers for community engagement.
   A librarian, archivist, educator, and administrator, Dr. Martin was 
Professor and Interim Director of the School of Library and Information 
Studies at Texas Women's University prior to his appointment at IMLS. 
From 1995 to 1999, he was Director and Librarian of the Texas State 
Library and Archives Commission.
  From 1985 until 1995, Dr. Martin was Associate Dean of Libraries for 
Special Collections at Louisiana State University. Before that, he 
worked in the archives and special collections at the University of 
Texas at Arlington and the University of Texas at Austin. He also 
taught at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
   He has authored and co-authored several scholarly treatises 
including two best-selling books, Maps of Texas and the Southwest, 
1513-1900 (1984, 1999) and Contours of Discovery: Printed Maps 
Delineating the Texas and Southwestern Chapters of the Cartographic 
History of North America, 1513-1930 (1982). The books reflect another 
area of Dr. Martin's research interests and expertise: the history of 
the American southwest.
   Dr. Martin has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Library Science from 
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Masters of Library 
Science from the University of North Texas, and a Bachelor of Arts 
degree in History from Rice University.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in paying special 
tribute to Dr. Robert Martin. Our Nation is served well by having such 
honorable and giving citizens, like Dr. Martin, who care about their 
well being and stability. We wish Dr. Martin well as he inaugurates the 
Hayes Presidential Center's first annual ``Hayes Lecture on 
Leadership.''

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