[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13561]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING GEORGE LANGSTAFF

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                            HON. JIM COOPER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 10, 2012

  Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to George 
Langstaff, a man whose dedication to mentoring economically 
disadvantaged students in Middle Tennessee has resulted in more than 
340 students obtaining a post-high school education.
  After a very successful career in the footwear industry, Mr. 
Langstaff recognized the need to help at-risk young adults obtain a 
college education. In 1995, he partnered with a Nashville nonprofit to 
found The Sponsors Scholarship Program. To date, the program that Mr. 
Langstaff established has raised more than $2.2 million dedicated to 
scholarships for financially disadvantaged young people.
  For more than 15 years, The Sponsors Scholarship Program and its 
hundreds of volunteers have provided college counseling, mentoring and 
college scholarships to capable high school students in Middle 
Tennessee.
  Today, I join the citizens of my district in honoring George 
Langstaff for his tireless commitment to ensuring that financially 
challenged young people from Middle Tennessee have the opportunity 
obtain a complete education.
  We need more citizens like George Langstaff. His Volunteer spirit 
makes all Tennesseans proud, and a generation of young people 
successful.

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