[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12922]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      IN HONOR OF DR. TIM GILMOUR

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                           HON. LOU BARLETTA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, August 12, 2011

  Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to honor and acknowledge Dr. 
Joseph E. (Tim) Gilmour for his role as the fifth president of Wilkes 
University. His unprecedented dedication to education has provided 
outstanding opportunities for our community as well as all the students 
of Wilkes University. When Dr. Gilmour leaves Wilkes in the spring of 
2012, he will certainly be leaving behind a great legacy.
  In June of 2001, Dr. Gilmour accepted the position of president. Dr. 
Gilmour's accomplishments are too numerous to fully acknowledge. He 
successfully reached Wilkes University's enrollment goals six years 
ahead of schedule, increasing the student body by over 26 percent. He 
led the creation of an urban planning research-based think tank, the 
Joint Urban Studies Center. He spearheaded the Institute of Energy and 
Environmental Research to study the effects of the Marcellus shale 
drilling. Also, he helped establish the university's partnership with 
its neighbor King's College to help revitalize downtown Wilkes-Barre 
with the opening of their joint Barnes and Noble Bookstore.
  Prior to his serving as president of Wilkes University, Dr. Gilmour 
was an assistant professor of higher education, associate member of the 
graduate faculty and a senior research fellow at the University of 
Maryland College Park; associate director of academic affairs for the 
Council of State College and University Presidents for Washington 
State; university planning specialist in the Office of Budget and 
Planning at the Pennsylvania State University; vice president for 
strategic planning at Georgia Institute of Technology, and provost and 
chief academic officer at Northwest Missouri State University from 1995 
to 2000.
  In addition to his lengthy service in education, Dr. Gilmour serves 
on the board of the Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry, the 
Diamond City Partnership, United Way, Earth Conservancy and the Center 
for Advancing Partnerships in Education. His history of service to 
Northeastern Pennsylvania spans well beyond his impressive record of 
service to the university.
  Mr. Speaker, I honor Dr. Tim Gilmour for his dedicated service to our 
community in Northeastern Pennsylvania, specifically his outstanding 
promotion of Wilkes University's educational goals.

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