[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Pages 25141-25142]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                   REMEMBERING CAROL TOMLINSON-KEASEY

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask my colleagues to join me in 
honoring the memory of Dr. Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, a committed educator 
and administrator and the founding chancellor of University of 
California, Merced. Dr. Tomlinson-Keasey passed away on October 10th 
from complications related to breast cancer. She was 66 years old.
  Dr. Carol Tomlinson-Keasey was born in Washington, DC, on October 15, 
1942. The daughter of an Army officer, she moved around frequently 
before graduating from a high school in France. Dr. Tomlinson-Keasey 
received a bachelor's degree in political science from Penn State 
University, a master's in psychology from Iowa State University, and a 
Ph.D. in developmental psychology from University of California, 
Berkeley.
  In 1977, Dr. Tomlinson-Keasey became an associate professor of 
psychology at the University of California, Riverside. During her 15-
year tenure at UC Riverside, she earned faculty and administrative 
appointments. In 1992, Dr. Tomlinson was named vice provost and 
professor at University of California, Davis. She was appointed dean of 
UC Davis College of Letters and Science in 1994 and vice provost for 
academic planning and personnel in 1995 before lending her considerable 
talents to the University of California Office of the President in 
1997.
  Beginning in 1998, Dr. Tomlinson-Keasey assumed a leadership role in 
the planning and building of University of California, Merced, the 
first new University of California campus in 40 years. A gifted 
administrator, Dr. Tomlinson-Keasey fully immersed herself

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in every aspect of the enormous task of starting a major public 
university. Whether it was selecting the eventual site of the campus, 
the recruitment of administrators and faculty members or even choosing 
the school mascot, Dr. Tomlinson-Keasey worked tirelessly to see that 
the dream of a University of California campus in the San Joaquin 
Valley became a reality. In 1999, Dr. Tomlinson-Keasey became the first 
female founding chancellor of a University of California campus.
  UC Merced has been a model of growth and progress since its inception 
in 2005. Today, the burgeoning campus is a living testament to Dr. 
Tomlinson-Keasey's hard work, vision, and dedication. Dr. Tomlinson-
Keasey has left behind a legacy that has resulted in greater 
opportunities for future generations of California students, especially 
those students who are the first in their families to attend college 
and come from underrepresented ethnic or racial minority groups in the 
Central Valley. Her family and friends should take great pride and 
comfort in knowing Dr. Tomlinson-Keasey's accomplishments will continue 
to positively impact many people in the future.
  Dr. Tomlinson-Keasey is survived by her husband Blake Keasey; 
children, Amber and Kai; three brothers, Alen, Gene and John Tomlinson; 
and four grandchildren.

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