[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8014-8015]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING DR. JOSEPH COX

  (Mr. MEEHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an educator, leader, 
author, and role model for young men in Pennsylvania.

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  This week, Dr. Joseph Cox will preside over his final commencement 
ceremony as headmaster of the Haverford School, a secondary school for 
boys in Haverford Township, Delaware County.
  Dr. Cox took office as Haverford's headmaster in 1998; and since 
then, he has led the school and its faculty with his firm belief that 
teachers and boys must be ``firm, fair, funny, focused, and friendly.'' 
These qualities were the backbone of Dr. Cox's philosophy of teaching.
  Dr. Cox has set a long example for men outside the classroom as well. 
He's a 30-year Army veteran, serving his country in Vietnam, commanding 
a battalion of the famous 101st Airborne Division and retiring as a 
colonel.
  A warrior, a poet, a cultivator of the minds of young men, and a 
sculptor of their character by his example, he leaves the institution 
not just better than he found it, but he leaves the lives he has 
touched so much richer for the experience of working with him and 
learning by his side.
  Dr. Cox, you are in every measure what it means to be a teacher. Your 
community thanks you.

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