[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12184-12185]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     IN RECOGNITION OF CARSON BAIRD

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, as cochair of the Career 
and Technical Education Caucus, I rise to recognize Mr. Carson Baird on 
his retirement from Penn State University's Learning Factory.
  Carson Baird's background in motorsports started in racing while he 
proudly served in the United States Army. Following his service, he 
went on to hold the International Motor Sports Association 
Championship, three manufacturer championships, and three driver 
championships, having raced in classics such as the 24 hours of Daytona 
and the 24 hours at LeMans.
  Since 1994, Carson Baird has served as supervisor of the Learning 
Factory, supporting the mission to bring the real world into the 
classroom by providing engineering students with hands-on experience 
through industry-sponsored projects. Carson Baird helped oversee an 
expansion of the Learning Factory that doubled its size, and in 2006, 
he was part of a team honored with the National Academy of 
Engineering's Gordon Prize for ``Innovations in Engineering 
Education.''
  Carson Baird has applied his motorsports background to assist nearly 
700 students on 150 projects that span 13

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majors and engage students in five colleges.
  I commend Mr. Carson Baird on his vision and dedication to tomorrow's 
engineers, and I wish him the best in his retirement.

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