[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9717]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO POPULATION RESOURCE CENTER PRESIDENT JANE DELUNG UPON THE 
                       OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT

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                          HON. DANNY K. DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 23, 2007

  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, it is with great pride and a 
tremendous sense of appreciation that I rise to congratulate Ms. Jane 
DeLung on an outstanding career in research, planning and public 
advocacy. It has been a privilege to know Ms. DeLung since the late 
1960s, when she was doing community health and family planning with the 
Chicago Department of Public Health, which was very exciting and 
meaningful work.
  She went on to become assistant commissioner, worked for the Federal 
Government, was vice president of the Illinois Family Planning Council 
and ultimately became president of the Population Resource Center where 
she served for 15 years.
  During her career, Ms. DeLung has developed effective approaches to 
bringing people together to raise issues, foster concepts and engineer 
advocacy action to advance causes and put ideas about advancing quality 
of life on broad scale agendas.
  Ms. DeLung has obviously obtained a wealth of personal experience to 
match her formal training, B.A. Emory University, M.A. Roosevelt 
University, and thousands of hours of workshops, seminars and field 
training.
  Madam Speaker, it has indeed been a pleasure to know and work with 
Ms. DeLung for all of these many years. She has been a most effective 
social planner, researcher, engineer and advocate. I commend and 
congratulate her, although she is retiring as President of PRC, I know 
that she will remain engaged.
  Best wishes and good luck.

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