[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15671]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            CONGRATULATIONS TO OWEN HOLMES ON HIS RETIREMENT

  (Mr. ROYCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the service of Owen 
Holmes on the eve of his retirement from California State University, 
Fullerton.
  Dedicating his life to education, Owen has received the Robert and 
Louise Lee Collaborative Teaching Award, served as an education policy 
fellow at the Institute for Educational Leadership, and Owen was the 
inaugural awardee of the Edwin Crawford Award for Innovation.
  I have had the pleasure of working with Owen on many issues for CSUF 
over the years--gerontology, childhood obesity, the Strategic Language 
Initiative, water hazard mitigation, the advancement of teaching and 
learning in mathematics and science--all to help enhance the 
university's education experience, and on the Cal State DC Scholars 
program and bringing students from the university here to our Nation's 
Capital, where he orchestrated that effort.
  Throughout his over 30 years of service, he has touched the lives of 
thousands of students and improved government relations and advocacy at 
Cal State Fullerton. I am pleased to have had the opportunity to work 
with Owen over the years to help make CSUF one of the Nation's largest 
and most inclusive institutions of higher education.
  Thank you, Owen, for dedicating your life to improving education. We 
wish you a happy retirement.

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