[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13400]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              TRIBUTE TO MR. JOHN YEE OF AURORA, COLORADO

  (Mr. COFFMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to recognize the service of 
an extraordinary retired high school world history teacher, Mr. John 
Yee, whom I had 44 years ago when I was a student at Central High 
School in Aurora, Colorado.
  Mr. John Yee was a teacher who inspired his students by making 
history come alive in the classroom and by leaving us with an 
intellectual curiosity about the world around us that would forever be 
a part of our lives.
  Mr. John Yee's personal story of having grown up in Kunming, China, 
during the Imperial Japanese Army's invasion of his homeland, as well 
as his subsequent service as a translator with the Flying Tigers, gave 
him an unparalleled depth of understanding when it came to describing 
the cultural dynamics of global events.
  Mr. Speaker, a great nation cannot exist without great teachers, and 
I believe that Mr. John Yee is among the very best, and I will forever 
be grateful for his unyielding dedication to public education.

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