[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23665]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ABC-CLIO

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                            HON. LOIS CAPPS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 25, 2005

  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize and honor 50 years 
of reference publishing and involvement with local community schools 
and libraries by the Santa Barbara publisher, ABC-CLIO. ABC-CLIO is a 
privately held company founded by the Boehm family and is now in its 
second generation of ownership. The company's corporate headquarters is 
located in Santa Barbara, California, with additional offices in 
Denver, Colorado, and Oxford, England.
  Committed to serving the history profession and its teachers, as well 
as students and scholars of history, ABC-CLIO annually publishes 
approximately 80 encyclopedias, guides, and handbooks. Since 1991, this 
acclaimed reference book-line has won over 60 best-reference awards 
from the American Library Association and Library Journal.
  The best-known publications by ABC-CLIO are the abstracting and 
indexing services, Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life, 
which together represent the largest bibliographic history database in 
the world. Its award-winning social studies databases reach students in 
thousands of schools nationally.
  I commend Eric H. Boehm, Inge P. Boehm, Fritz Fellner, and John A.S. 
Grenville for founding Historical Abstracts 50 years ago. This 
pioneering publication connects the international community of 
historians, making writings of the international history community 
known and accessible to historians and history students worldwide.
  ABC-CLIO is also committed to serving our local community by actively 
participating in Partners in Education, United Way, and numerous other 
local programs. ABC-CLIO and CEO Ron Boehm have supported the 
nationally recognized Computers for Families, which is the flagship 
program for Partners in Education, since its inception eight years ago.
  I commend ABC-CLIO on its 50th Anniversary and recognize them for the 
important role they play in our community and our world by ensuring 
that historical scholarship is accessible to historians and students 
across the globe.

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