[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
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[Pages 13365-13366]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING DR. TERRY FENGER OF MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

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                          HON. EVAN H. JENKINS

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 6, 2017

  Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
hard work of Dr. Terry Fenger of Marshall University in Huntington, 
West Virginia. Dr. Fenger has played a key role in developing the 
university's highly successful Forensic Science Center, which has 
repeatedly been named the nation's best forensic science program.
  Dr. Fenger has served as the center's director since 1994, overseeing 
its Digital Forensics section, Forensics DNA Analysis laboratory, and 
FEPAC-accredited Forensic Science Graduate Program. His passion for 
teaching students how to succeed in the forensic science field and 
caring for his fellow West

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Virginians is on show for all to see. By overseeing the program's role 
in West Virginia's sexual assault test kit initiative, Dr. Fenger has 
proactively taken a leadership role in helping get criminals off our 
streets. His expertise in his field has helped create a new generation 
of forensic experts to solve crimes and keep our communities safe, and 
I join his friends, family and colleagues in wishing him well during 
his hard-earned retirement. He will always be a part of the Marshall 
University family. I look forward to seeing the great things he 
achieves in the future.

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