[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 13575-13576]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           IN RECOGNITION OF THE LIFE OF JAMES ``PAPPY'' DUNN

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 10, 2012

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask for the 
House's attention today to honor Mr. James ``Pappy'' Dunn.
  James ``Pappy'' Dunn was born in Georgia, and was married to the 
former Barbara Lawson, of Talladega, Alabama. Together they had five 
children (Jimmy, Claudette, Bertis and Anrae) and one grandchild.
  In 1939, after earning a bachelor's degree from Alabama State 
University and a master's degree from Fisk University, Pappy began his 
career in education as a teacher and coach at Hobson City's Calhoun 
County Training School. During this time he served in World War II and 
oversaw the school's integration. In 1973, he was elected as the 
Alabama Education Association's second black president. Students 
remember him as someone who defined servant leadership. In 1986, Mr. 
Dunn retired as the school's principal.
  After his retirement from education, Pappy was elected to the Calhoun 
County Commission. It was here that he was named ``The Anniston 
Star's'' Citizen of the Year in 1997. In 2005 he received the SCLC 
Calhoun County Chapter Humanitarian Award, and in 2008 he received the 
Association of County Commissions of Alabama Award for Outstanding 
Contribution to County Government.

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  Mr. Dunn was involved in numerous other organizations. These include 
the National Association of Counties' Health Steering Committee, the 
Anniston-Calhoun County Fort McClellan Joint Powers Authority, the East 
Alabama Regional Planning Commission, the Epsilon Delta Lambda Chapter 
of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the Community Action Agency, the 
Salvation Army, and the American Red Cross.
  Mr. Speaker, I honor Mr. Dunn today and thank him for his dedication 
to Alabama's Third District.

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