[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21633]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING DR. LaVERN FRANZEN

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                           HON. ADRIAN SMITH

                              of nebraska

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 23, 2008

  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. 
LaVern Franzen, who has recently retired as president of Central 
Community College and who has been committed to advancing career 
education in my home state of Nebraska since 1967.
  Throughout his career, Dr. Franzen has encouraged teamwork and 
provided guidance and support for students and college employees alike.
  He is known as a man who thinks outside the box, and whose commitment 
to education knows no bounds.
  He has established a drag racing club to provide learning experiences 
outside the class; organizing a campus chapter of SkillsUSA to enhance 
the occupational skills of students in communications, leadership, and 
teamwork; opening Pooh Corner College to provide child care services 
for students and staff; and bringing a new medical laboratory 
technology program to the Hastings campus.
  Dr. Franzen is a credit to Nebraska and to the educational community 
as a whole. Students and educators alike have benefited from his hard 
work, and I congratulate him on his decades of hard work.

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