[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 21720-21721]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                IN REMEMBRANCE OF MILDRED LIGHT ALDRIDGE

 Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would like to take this 
opportunity to pay tribute to Mildred Light Aldridge, an educator and 
administrator for many years and the wife of the late Reverend Dr. 
Avery Aldridge, who passed away at the age of 77 on September 22, 2005. 
She was an important member of the Flint community, and she will be 
sorely missed by many.
  Mildred Light Aldridge was born in 1928 in Earle, AR. She received 
her bachelor's of art degree in elementary education from the 
University of Michigan-Flint and her master's degree in guidance and 
counseling from Eastern Michigan University. She taught

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on the elementary school level and worked as a guidance counselor in 
several middle schools before serving as principal of the Doyle Ryder 
Community School until her retirement in 1986. After retirement, she 
remained active by founding and serving as the director of the Eagle's 
Nest Child Care and Development Center. She also served for the past 23 
years as an instructor of the adult ladies fellowship class at Foss 
Avenue Baptist Church.
  Mildred Light Aldridge participated in various civic and community 
organizations, including the Flint Chapters of the NAACP and the Urban 
League, the Visually Impaired Center of Flint, and on the advisory 
board of the Mott Community College Foundation. She was also affiliated 
with the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the 
Flint Congress of School Administrators. In addition, Dr. Aldridge held 
honorary doctorate degrees from Arkansas Baptist College and Selma 
University.
  Dr. Aldridge is mourned by many in the Flint community and is 
survived by her two children, Derrick Aldridge and Karen Aldridge-
Eason, and by her 10 grandchildren. This is, indeed, a great loss to 
all who knew her, and I know my colleagues will join me in paying 
tribute to the life of Mildred L. Aldridge.

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