[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22430]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       COMMENDING DR. JOHN ROBERT CAVANAUGH FOR HIS OUTSTANDING 
  ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND DEDICATION WHILE CHANCELLOR OF LOUISIANA STATE 
                        UNIVERSITY AT ALEXANDRIA

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                         HON. RODNEY ALEXANDER

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 31, 2007

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam Speaker, I rise today as Dr. John Robert 
Cavanaugh merits heartfelt recognition and commendation for his highly 
significant contributions as an extraordinary educator and citizen, as 
he prepares for retirement from this vital position.
  Dr. Cavanaugh, currently the longest serving chancellor in the LSU 
system, has served as chancellor of Louisiana State University in 
Alexandria since 1994 and will retire on August 17, 2007. In the 13 
years he has served as chancellor, Louisiana State University at 
Alexandria has grown from a 2-year community college with 2,500 
students offering four associate degree programs to an institution of 
more than 3,000 students offering six baccalaureate degrees and seven 
associate degrees.
  He earned his bachelor's degree in 1967, master's degree in 1968, and 
Ph.D. in 1971 in health and physical education from Louisiana State 
University. He held a graduate fellowship in special education at LSU 
as welL He served as an instructor, assistant professor, associate 
professor, Coordinator of the Education Selection, professor of Health 
and Physical Education, acting head of the Division of Liberal Arts, 
coordinator of Planning and Development, and vice chancellor of 
Academic Affairs before he was appointed as chancellor.
  Dr. Cavanaugh is a remarkable man who represents all that is good in 
Louisiana.
  Those who have worked closely with him throughout his exemplary 
career will continue to respect and admire him for the indelible mark 
he has left on higher education in Louisiana. Under his tenure as 
chancellor, Louisiana State University at Alexandria has risen to a 
place of prominence in higher education for central Louisiana.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating his 
outstanding accomplishments and dedication of Dr. John Robert Cavanaugh 
while chancellor of Louisiana State University at Alexandria. I 
acknowledge his invaluable and significant contribution to not only the 
State of Louisiana, but our Nation as well.

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