[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16560]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING DR. LINDA RUSHTON SELMAN

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                            HON. TIM GRIFFIN

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 30, 2013

  Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. 
Linda Rushton Selman, whose strong intellect, work ethic, and 
determination are being recognized through the creation of the Dr. 
Linda Elizabeth Rushton Selman and Jo Ann Rushton Endowed English 
Scholarship.
  Linda hails from Magnolia, Arkansas, my hometown. She graduated first 
in her class at Magnolia High School. Her talents, drive and work ethic 
took her to Sullins College in Virginia, where she earned her Associate 
of Arts degree and, once again, graduated first in her class. She 
pursued further education at the University of Arkansas, where she was 
a ROTC Cadet Colonel, named an Arkansas Traveler and was voted a 
Razorback Beauty. At UA, she pledged Chi Omega and earned both her 
Bachelor's and Master's degrees, with Phi Beta Kappa honors.
  Throughout her life, Linda has been steadfast in her commitment to 
educating and teaching. She has taught at the University of Arkansas 
and Southern Methodist University, and has spent the majority of her 
career at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, where she recently 
began her 38th year in the university's English department. In 1983, 
she earned her Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas, and while 
teaching at SAU, she raised four children.
  Linda has continued to support the University of Arkansas, with 
numerous gifts to Fulbright College, the Alumni Association, the 
graduate school and the English department. She remains active in Chi 
Omega and is a life member of the Arkansas Alumni Association. She has 
been a 27-year contributor to the Razorback Foundation and Arkansas 
Athletics, where she sits in the very same seats at Razorback Stadium 
and War Memorial Stadium as she did when she rooted for the Razorbacks 
over 50 years ago.
  Through Linda's tenacity and vigor she has made good on the promise 
she made to her younger sister, Jo Ann, who passed away from a kidney 
infection in 1952 at the age of two. Linda, who was 11 at the time, 
promised her dying sister that she would live her life for both of 
them. Without question, she has honored that promise.
  The scholarship in Linda's honor has been established by her husband, 
Dr. Frank Selman, in an effort to preserve Jo Ann's memory and to honor 
Linda. I am proud to call Frank and Linda my longtime friends.
  On behalf of Arkansans and Americans everywhere, I congratulate Linda 
Selman for being a leader in education and for the establishment of 
this scholarship in her name.

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