Archive-Name: gov/us/fed/congress/record/1999/feb/02/1999CRE115C
[Congressional Record: February 2, 1999 (Extensions)]
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                      HONORING MRS. RUTH ANN HALL

                                 ______

                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 2, 1999

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an extraordinary woman,
Mrs. Ruth Ann Hall of Waldorf, MD who passed away on January 18, 1999.
Her passing is a tremendous loss for her family and all the people who
knew her.
  Ruth Ann graduated from Charles County Community College and the
University of Maryland and was a teacher for the Charles County Public
Schools for more than 20 years. She was voted outstanding teacher of
the year in the mid-1980s, was a past president of the Education
Association of Charles County and was active in many political
associations.
  Christa McAuliffe, one of our country's best known teachers, used as
her credo: ``I touch the future, I teach.'' Ruth Ann touched, indeed
she embraced and shaped, the future. Ruth Ann fought tirelessly for
children and for their teachers. She advocated public policies that
would benefit our students and recognize the critical importance and
inestimable worth of

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those we entrust to expand the minds of our children, our teachers.
  Ruth Ann was the embodiment of excellence and enthusiasm. She
inspired her students and colleagues. She was what every parent would
want for their children--a person with great ability, who loved
children and enriched their lives and shaped their future and, in turn,
our country's future.
  Her love of politics was a joy to behold. She was a leader--by
example, by conviction, by courage, and by extraordinary competence.
  Ruth Ann Hall was, in sum, one of those very special people who make
a difference. She was a good and decent person, whose goals and ideals
motivated her actions. I extend my deepest sympathy to Ruth Ann's
husband, Bob; her parents George and Anna Collier, her brother George
Collier, Jr., her son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Laura Ann Johnson,
and her granddaughters, Kaitlyn and Eryn Johnson. Ruth Ann Hall will be
remembered as an outstanding teacher, a loving wife and mother, and a
very special friend to all who knew her.

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