[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11653]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  IN TRIBUTE TO DR. JOHN H. LOUNSBURY

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                           HON. JIM MARSHALL

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 16, 2006

  Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. John H. 
Lounsbury, of Milledgeville, GA for his efforts on behalf of Georgia's 
children and for his long record of service in the field of education.
  After serving our country during World War II, Dr. Lounsbury went 
back to school. He earned both a Bachelor's and a Master's Degree and 
quickly started his long, distinguished career in education. In 1954, 
he received his Doctorate and shifted his career from teaching students 
to teaching teachers. In 1960, he accepted the position of chairman of 
the Department of Education at Georgia College, and in 1977 became dean 
of the School of Education. Since 1983, he has served as dean emeritus.
  Throughout his career, Dr. Lounsbury has been a leading force in 
middle grades education. He helped shape the future of middle grades 
education while working on the original development committee for 
Middle School/Junior High School Evaluative Criteria as well as the 
revision committee a decade later. The long-lasting impact he's had in 
this area is perhaps his most important legacy.
  In addition to his work at Georgia College, Dr. Lounsbury has been 
the chairman of many professional associations, and has also served as 
a member or chairman of more than 25 visiting committees for the 
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the National Council of 
Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Georgia State Department of 
Education.
  Mr. Speaker, despite these many obligations, Dr. Lounsbury still 
found the time to author or co-author more than 130 articles, 2 college 
textbooks, and 5 national research reports. He has made scores of 
presentations to various professional conferences, professional 
institutes and conventions.
  Roundly respected as a man who has truly dedicated his life to 
bettering education, Dr. Lounsbury has received so many awards and 
honors from his peers that I cannot name them all for fear I will omit 
one. The most recent of those honors included a presentation here in 
Washington, DC. Dr. Lounsbury received the Joan Lipsitz Lifetime 
Achievement Award, presented by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle 
Grades Reform ``Schools to Watch'' Program, for his significant and 
continuous contributions to the development, implementation and 
sustained growth of middle level education.
  Mr. Speaker, there was a time when middle school students were 
treated no differently than their younger counterparts, with no 
attention to their unique needs, abilities and challenges. Today, we 
know that children learn differently at different ages. Dr. Lounsbury 
played a key role in teaching all of us this important lesson. He is an 
architect of middle grades education and to this day remains a champion 
for this special age group.

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