[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 27]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 36467]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO ROBERT AND ROSALEE WELLING

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 19, 2007

  Mr. SKELTON. Madam Speaker, let me take this moment to recognize the 
exemplary and extended service of Bob and Rosalee Welling, who will 
receive the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Central 
Missouri.
  Bob received his juris doctorate from St. Louis University School of 
Law. Following law school he spent 2 years in the United States Army 
and then moved to Warrensburg, MO, to begin a 50-year career in law. In 
1985, Bob received the Missouri Bar President's Award.
  Bob served as president of the Missouri State Board of Education and 
as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of 
State Boards of Education. He was a former chair on the board's 
Governmental Affairs Committee and was a mentor in the association. Bob 
has also presided as chair of the Regional Council for Children's Mercy 
Hospital in Kansas City, MO.
  Currently, Bob is a member of Children's Mercy Hospital Planned Gift 
Council and board member of its nonprofit subsidiary, Family Health 
Partners. He is also serving as a gubernatorial appointee to the 
Missouri Military Preparedness and Enhancement Commission.
  Rosalee graduated from the University of Central Missouri with a 
bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in speech 
pathology and audiology. Following graduate school, she served as a 
physical education and health teacher in the Raytown School District 
and then as a speech pathologist at the Children's Therapy Center. She 
then joined the University of Central Missouri and taught until her 
retirement in 2002.
  While at the university, she served for 13 years as director of the 
Early Childhood Communication Special Education Preschool, spent 6 
years as the coordinator of Clinical Services in the Welch-Schmidt 
Center for Communication Disorders, and was guest lecturer in the 
Department of Phonetics at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
  Today, Rosalee is director emeriti of the University of Central 
Missouri Alumni Association Board and the Foundation Board. She also 
serves as a tutor in the Johnson County Adult Literacy Program.
  The Wellings are known in the State of Missouri for their outstanding 
civic involvement and volunteer service. I trust that Members of the 
House will join me in wishing Bob and Rosalee Welling and their family 
the best in their future endeavors.

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