April 10, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E717 I rise today to speak of Mrs. Ingerborg, ficiency, which found more than $100 million THE LEGACY OF DAVID BLOOM ‘‘beautiful daughter’’, Agatha—‘‘the good, the in state budget waste. President kind’’, Cartier Henry, who was above all else appointed Mr. Eckerd to head the General HON. HENRY BONILLA a mother, to her nine wonderful children who Services Administration from 1975 to 1977. OF TEXAS have learned from her to dedicate their lives to President Ford, commenting on Mr. Eckerd’s IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES caring and serving. She also ‘‘mothered’’ ev- tenure, said ‘‘Jack ran GSA cleaner than a Wednesday, April 9, 2003 eryone who grew up in Gallows Bay, in the hound’s tooth.’’ He later was appointed by Seventh Day Adventist Church, her grands, Mr. BONILLA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recog- then Governor and now Senator BOB nize the legacy of NBC’s David Bloom. All great-grands and countless others. GRAHAM—the man who defeated him in his Ingerborg Cartier Henry was born to across America as people mourn the loss of Senate race-as chairman of the board of Pris- life among our men and women in uniform, we Eugenie Phaire Cartier and Valdemar Cartier on Rehabilitative Industries, a state program to on February 6, 1911 on the island of St. Croix. also mourn the loss of David. Over the years provide jobs and skills to inmates and to make he touched so many lives with his dramatic, She was educated under both the Danish and such institutions self-supporting. Since his re- cutting-edge reporting. American public school systems. tirement in 1996, Jack Eckerd has remained Prior to my time in the U.S. Congress I She joined the Seventh-day Adventist involved in his community. spent 15 years in the broadcast news busi- Church in 1929, when she was baptized by ness. Today my wife continues in that field. Mr. Eckerd’s financial generosity is leg- Pastor C. G. van Putten. On December 21, The two of us watch television news reporters endary. He and his family have given millions 1932, she married Irvin Henry. To this union, with a special eye. David was in a league of nine children were born. of dollars through the years to improve edu- his own. He always brought a flair, an insight, Mrs. Henry was an excellent cook, pastry cation, promote the arts, and encourage the an extra dimension to his stories that made maker and baker. Some people still talk about health and well-being of our fellow citizens. you feel the impact. There were times it felt her black bread. She loved to entertain, camp, Jack Eckerd has received many awards for his like you had been on a roller coaster after and travel. In the early hours of the morning public service and philanthropy over the years. watching his reports. And you always felt bet- of March 28, 2003, she quietly passed to her The greatest honor he can receive, however, ter informed. rest in her home in Gallows Bay where she re- is to know that he has had a profoundly posi- David always set the standard for covering sided for 61 years. tive impact on those whose lives he has breaking news whether it was the Clinton Mrs. Henry, Miss Inger, Mother Henry, touched. scandal or the current war. Just when you Cousin Inger, Auntie Borg, Borgie, Mother will thought it was impossible to break new ground Mr. Speaker, I am proud to thank Jack be greatly missed. We will always cherish her in broadcast news, David would do it. His memory. Her husband, her children and all of Eckerd for his life’s work and congratulate him Bloommobile rides through Iraq put Americans us call her blessed. May she rest in eternal as he celebrates his 90th birthday on May 16. on the edge of their seats each night. No peace. I wish him and his family many years of con- other reports on television compared to his. tinued health and happiness. f Viewers were better served because they got to feel the peril of our troops and the rugged- HONORING JACK ECKERD ON HIS f ness they experienced. I remember discussing 90TH BIRTHDAY his reports at the dinner table with family and CONCERNING THE OUTBREAK OF friends. All agreed his work was the best and HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY couldn’t wait to see his next report. David was OF SYNDROME (SARS) IN TAIWAN a rare talent. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES David’s now in a different place. I’m sure he’s trying to figure out a way to get a satellite Wednesday, April 9, 2003 HON. DARRELL E. ISSA signal set up so he can send us another re- Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF CALIFORNIA port. We wish he had a way to reach us. It honor Jack Eckerd, a man who has dedicated would be the most incredible moment ever on his life to public service as he celebrates his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES television. Appropriately, it would carry his 90th birthday. name. Wednesday, April 9, 2003 Jack Eckerd’s life is a testament to what f one can achieve with hard work, dedication, Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ex- TRIBUTE TO MR. MURRAY and perseverance. press my concern about the outbreak of Se- After flying air cargo flights for the U.S. SISSELMAN: ‘‘MISTER EDU- vere Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in CATION’’ IN -DADE COUN- Army Air Corps during World War II, Mr. Taiwan. Despite the World Health Organiza- Eckerd opened a now well known chain of TY tion’s categorization of the disease as ‘‘a drug stores in the Tampa Bay area. These worldwide health threat,’’ it has refused to help stores, named after their founder, were the HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK Taiwan during this time of need. first self-service drugstores in Florida. Many of OF FLORIDA the concepts he instituted at his stores, such What the WHO has failed to realize is that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as senior citizen discounts and two-for-one ‘‘worldwide health threats’’ do not remain neat- Wednesday, April 9, 2003 ly behind political borders. Taiwan may not yet photo processing, have become standard Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on Tues- practice in drugstores across the country. be a member of the WHO or a recognized day, March 11, 2003, our country lost a true Jack Eckerd’s story is more than that of vet- independent state by some countries, but that giant in the profession of teaching our chil- eran, successful businessman, and devoted does not make SARS any less of a threat to dren. husband to his wife, Ruth. Mr. Eckerd quickly the Taiwanese people. Murray Sisselman was a man of great intel- became involved in his community after found- This crisis underlines the need for Taiwan to lect, poise and determination. As President of ing Eckerd drugstores. He contributed his be granted observer status in the WHO, much the United Teachers of Dade for over a quar- time, talents and money to help organizations like their status in the World Trade Organiza- ter century, he was an innovator who played such as the YMCA, United Way, and Morton tion. Global health risks must be addressed a key role in the operations and policies of the Plant Hospital in my congressional district in wherever they may occur and regardless of nation’s fourth largest school system, helping Clearwater, Florida. He also founded, in 1968, the political environments surrounding them. our schools adapt to a changing workplace, a Eckerd Youth Alternatives, an organization We should not expose the Taiwanese people changing economy, and an influx of immi- dedicated to finding innovative solutions to to unnecessary health risks simply because grants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and doz- help troubled youths. Eckerd Youth Alter- their status in some intergovernmental organi- ens of other countries. natives, which he considers his proudest ac- A native New Yorker, Murray Sisselman zations is uncertain. complishment, today is one of the nation’s came to Miami in December, 1949. He at- leading and most respected programs for trou- I urge my colleagues to remain outspoken in tended the University of Miami for his under- bled young people. their support of Taiwan’s bid to gain observer graduate studies, and continued his graduate Jack Eckerd ran for the U.S. Senate in 1974 status in the WHO so that dangerous diseases studies at NOVA University, where he re- and later co-chaired former Florida Governor like SARS may be battled wherever they ceived a Master of Science Degree as an Ruben Askew’s study on management and ef- occur. Educational Specialist.

VerDate Jan 31 2003 06:19 Apr 11, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A09AP8.021 E10PT1 E718 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 10, 2003 Like many great leaders of large organiza- gan’s admissions policy is narrowly tailored as promising replacements for race-con- tions, Murray Sisselman started out at the bot- to serve that interest. The BLSAs are chap- scious admissions policies do not produce the tom and worked his way to the top. He began ters of the National Black Law Students As- racial diversity that is necessary for elite sociation, a nonprofit student organization law schools to train future American leaders. his career as a classroom teacher, where he with over 200 chapters and 6,000 members honed his appreciation for the importance of that is dedicated to promoting the academic ARGUMENT teachers who are well trained and highly moti- and professional goals of black law students. I. RACIAL DIVERSITY IS NECESSARY vated. He was a great believer in continuing The BLSAs’ members hail from many dif- FOR ELITE LAW SCHOOLS TO FULFILL education so that teachers could improve their ferent ideological, political, religious, na- THEIR PUBLIC MISSION OF TRAINING skills and keep up with changes in their sub- tional, ethnic and socio-economic back- STUDENTS FOR LEADERSHIP POSI- jects and methods, and he championed many grounds. Major activities of the BLSAs in- TIONS AND INTEGRATING THE LEGAL innovative programs in this area. clude projects relating to law school admis- PROFESSION sions, alumni affairs, professional recruit- This Court’s equal protection jurispru- As President of UTD, Murray Sisselman ment, community service and academic sup- dence, from Regents of University of California never lost sight of the principles that guided port, often in partnership with other student v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978), through Adarand his leadership: organizations and their respective law school Constructors, Inc. v. Pen˜ a, 515 U.S. 200 (1995), Providing a world-class education to every administrations. The alumni of the BLSAs makes clear that the use of racial classifica- rank among the most distinguished grad- child, regardless of economic circumstances. tions must serve a ‘‘compelling govern- uates of their institutions, and are currently Defending and enhancing the rights, oppor- mental interest,’’ and that race-conscious serving as respected litigators, judges, law tunities and classroom conditions for each in- policies used to achieve this end will pass professors, legislative officials and principals dividual member through collective bargaining. muster under the strict scrutiny standard of major corporations and non-profit organi- only if they are ‘‘narrowly tailored.’’ Because of Murray Sisselman’s lifelong zations. These graduates have been pioneers Adarand, 515 U.S. at 202. The BLSAs empha- work, the United Teachers of Dade has been in integrating the legal profession, and have size the compelling interest of Michigan (and able to forge coalitions with parents, busi- helped the bar and the bench become more the nation) in the educational benefits of law nesses and organized labor to the advantage responsive to the needs of a society that is school admissions policies that take race rapidly growing more diverse. of students and the betterment of public edu- into account. As law students at Harvard, The current membership of the BLSAs in- cation and our entire community. Stanford and Yale, the current members of cludes students who are beneficiaries of law Mr. Speaker, I know that all my colleagues the BLSAs have a unique perspective on school policies that take race into account will join me when I say that our hearts go out these benefits, for they have witnessed first- as one factor among many in admissions de- hand the positive effects of a racially diverse to his wife, Ludmila; his children David, Jagger cisions. Like all of their classmates, the stu- student body. and Helen; and his grandchildren Sarah and dents who make up the BLSAs have received Since the late 1960s and early 1970s, most Lina. a broader, more intellectually stimulating elite law schools—Harvard, Stanford and Murray Sisselman was an education pio- education because they have had the oppor- Yale in particular—have demonstrated a ro- tunity to study and socialize in academic en- neer, and we celebrate his life. He set a bust commitment to ensuring that their stu- vironments that are enriched by racial diver- standard of service and a commitment to edu- dent bodies are racially diverse. The mission sity. The BLSAs have an interest in this case cation that will endure in our community for of these elite law schools is to train students because they are committed to maintaining decades to come, and we are better off for his not simply to become practicing attorneys, racial diversity in legal education and in the but more broadly to tackle persistent social efforts. legal profession. f problems, to advocate reform of the justice systems in the and abroad, to SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT SUPPORTING RACIAL DIVERSITY expand the intellectual frontiers of legal Racial diversity in a student body im- scholarship and to protect the rights and lib- proves the quality of legal education. Such erties of the nation’s most defenseless indi- HON. WILLIAM J. JEFFERSON diversity is especially critical for ‘‘elite’’ law viduals. In other words, these institutions OF LOUISIANA schools, such as Harvard, Michigan, Stanford have staked out a bold public mission, and and Yale. These law schools share a broadly IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have defined one of their goals as providing defined public mission to train graduates for visionary leadership for the legal profession Wednesday, April 9, 2003 leadership and service, and to instill within and the nation. Moreover, these law schools Mr. JEFFERSON. Mr. Speaker, I submit the them zeal to confront enduring dilemmas in have been remarkably successful in cata- American law and society. Recent social following Brief for the RECORD. pulting their graduates into prominent posi- science studies have documented in detail tions in private practice, public service, [No. 02–241] how diversity broadens the scope of campus business and academia. As the nation be- IN THE SUPREME COURT discourse and teaches lessons in tolerance comes increasingly diverse, these schools OF THE UNITED STATES and cooperation. Diversity also helps shatter will be unable to realize their public mis- lingering stereotypes regarding supposed ide- sions without a student body that resembles ological uniformity within racial groups. As the larger multiracial society they seek to BARBARA GRUTTER, current students at elite law schools, the serve. BLSAs’ members are uniquely positioned to Petitioner, A. Racial Diversity in Legal Education Pre- explain some of the significant educational LEE BOLLINGER, et al., pares Students at Elite Law Schools To advantages attributable to the racially in- Meet the Challenges of Our Multiracial De- Respondents. clusive environments found at their institu- mocracy tions. These students have participated in On Writ Of Certiorari To The and learned from campus discourse and de- 1. Racial Diversity Enhances the Quality of United States Court of Appeals bates that are not likely to occur in racially Legal Education by Improving Academic For the Sixth Circuit homogenous academic settings. Interactions Racial diversity is similarly vital to the Over half a century ago, in a decision that credibility and legitimacy of the legal pro- struck down racial exclusion in admissions BRIEF OF THE HARVARD BLACK LAW fession. Although full integration of the pro- policies at the University of Texas Law STUDENTS ASSOCIATION, STANFORD fession remains a distant goal, elite law School (‘‘Texas’’), this Court recognized that BLACK LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION schools have been uniquely instrumental in ‘‘although the law is a highly learned profes- AND YALE BLACK LAW STUDENTS ASSO- preparing minority students—and especially sion, * * * it is an intensely practical one. CIATION AS AMICI CURIAE SUPPORTING black students—for leadership positions in The law school, the proving ground for legal RESPONDENTS the bar and on the bench. Without the abil- learning and practice, cannot be effective in ity to consider race in admissions decisions, isolation from the individuals and institu- INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE these schools will fall short of fulfilling their tions with which the law interacts. Few stu- The Black Law Students Associations of unique public missions. dents and no one who has practiced law Harvard Law School (‘‘Harvard’’), Stanford Race-neutral alternatives are not effective would choose to study in an academic vacu- Law School (‘‘Stanford’’) and Yale Law substitutes for race-conscious admissions um, removed from the interplay of ideas and School (‘‘Yale’’) (collectively, ‘‘the BLSAs’’) policies. If elite law schools are not allowed the exchange of views with which the law is submit this brief as amici curiae in support of to consider race as one factor in admissions, concerned.’’ Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629, 634 Respondents, urging this Court to affirm the the representation of black students at elite (1950). The differences between the Texas ad- Sixth Circuit’s ruling that the University of law schools will drastically diminish. More- missions policy in 1950, which this Court con- Michigan Law School (‘‘Michigan’’) has a over, as demonstrated in California and sidered in Sweatt, and the admissions policies compelling interest in promoting racial di- Texas, and as shown in empirical studies, the at Michigan before the Court today are fun- versity in its student body, and that Michi- alternative programs that have been touted damental and dispositive. Texas sought to

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