[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12067]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING DR. BEVERLY WADE HOGAN

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 24, 2012

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
remarkable public servant, Dr. Beverly Wade Hogan. She was appointed as 
President of Tougaloo College in May 2002.
  Prior to being appointed as President of Tougaloo College in 2002, 
Dr. Hogan served in many capacities at the College. She was the 
College's interim president, vice president for Institutional 
Advancement, founding director of the Owens Health and Wellness Center, 
and executive assistant to the president. She served for ten years as 
the commissioner for the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission, 
four years as the executive director of the Governor's Office of 
Federal-State Programs, nine years as the executive director of the 
Mental Health Association in Hinds County and the state of Mississippi, 
respectively. She was once the adjunct instructor in Public Policy at 
Jackson State University and a frequent guest lecturer at the 
University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University. 
Additionally, Dr. Hogan has been involved with employment and 
educational training programs in Denmark, Sweden, and West Germany in 
affiliation with the German Marshall Fund. Dr. Hogan has also been a 
scholar with the Kettering Foundation where her research focus was on 
Higher Education and Civic Responsibility, in addition to being a 
participant and presenter in the Oxford Roundtable at Oxford University 
in Oxford, England.
  Dr. Hogan holds the Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from 
Tougaloo College and a Master's in Public Policy and Administration 
from Jackson State University. Dr. Hogan has continued her own 
education by pursuing additional studies at the University of Southern 
Mississippi and the University of Georgia. Dr. Hogan is currently 
furthering her education by pursuing her Doctoral Degree in Human 
Development and Organizational Leadership at Fielding Graduate 
University. She currently holds an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities 
from Wiley College in Texas and Rust College in Mississippi. In 
addition to this, she has also earned numerous certificates in 
leadership development, organizational management, policy development, 
health and human resources management, alcohol and drug studies, urban 
development and administrative law.
  Dr. Hogan has also been credited with pioneering programs that have 
improved the quality of life for many citizens, including but not 
limited to the founding of the first psychiatric halfway house in 
Mississippi, establishing the first rape crisis center and shelter for 
battered women, and initiating the state's Self Employment 
Demonstration Project to reduce welfare dependency and the Rental 
Rehabilitation and Low Income Tax Credit Programs to increase the 
availability of housing for low income families.
  As a woman dedicated to her community, Dr. Hogan volunteers and 
serves on various boards, including the community advisory board for 
Bancorp South, the Metro Chamber of Commerce, the University Club, and 
the Board of Visitors for the School of Dentistry at the University of 
Mississippi. She also serves on the local board for Entergy 
Mississippi, Sanderson Farm, the Regional Commission on Building 
Philanthropy, the national board of directors for the United Negro 
College Fund, the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher 
Education and the Brown University Leadership Alliance. She presently 
serves as the Chairperson of the Foundation for the Mid-South Board of 
Directors, and is a founding member and former president of the Central 
Mississippi Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women. Dr. 
Hogan is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and the Links.
  Dr. Hogan is a current member of the Mt. Wade Missionary Baptist 
Church in Terry, Mississippi and is a regular worshipper at the Union 
Church of Christ/Woodworth Chapel at Tougaloo College.
  She is married to Marvin Hogan and they have two sons, Maurice and 
Marcellus; two grandsons, Marsei and Tai'Micah; and two granddaughters, 
Emani and Liyah.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask our colleagues to join me in recognizing Dr. 
Beverly W. Hogan for her dedication to serving others.

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