House Bill hb9009E

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002              HR 9009-E

        By Representative Bullard






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution commemorating the life and work of

  3         Dr. Gwendolyn Brown.

  4         WHEREAS, not content to have children just learn to

  5  read, long-time educator Dr. Gwendolyn Brown was driven by a

  6  passion to instill in her students a love of reading, and

  7         WHEREAS, Dr. Brown earned a bachelor's degree from

  8  Bethune-Cookman College, a master's degree from the University

  9  of Northern Colorado, and a doctoral degree from Nova

10  Southeastern University before returning to her native Miami

11  to devote her 37-year career to teaching in the Miami-Dade

12  County public school system, and

13         WHEREAS, with a reputation for "getting to kids" and

14  for stressing that reading was a gift, Dr. Brown not only made

15  reading a priority in her home as well as in the classroom,

16  but also reached out to encourage and help neighborhood

17  children learn to read, and

18         WHEREAS, Dr. Brown taught in several schools throughout

19  the county but is perhaps most fondly remembered for her last

20  13 years as a reading specialist at Douglas MacArthur Senior

21  High School South, an alternative school where she developed a

22  reading mentoring program and made a marked improvement in her

23  students' ability to read, and

24         WHEREAS, during her stellar career in education, Dr.

25  Brown also served as an adjunct or part-time professor at Nova

26  Southeastern University, Florida Memorial College, Barry

27  University, and Miami-Dade Community College, and

28         WHEREAS, it is noted with deep sadness that when death

29  claimed Dr. Gwendolyn Brown on April 23, 2002, the Miami-Dade

30  community lost an outstanding educator and an avid promoter

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002              HR 9009-E

    756-124-02E






  1  and champion of reading as a means of opening new worlds and

  2  reaching unrealized potential, NOW, THEREFORE,

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  4  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  5  Florida:

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  7         That the House of Representatives pauses in its

  8  deliberations to extend its condolences to the family,

  9  friends, and community of Dr. Gwendolyn Brown.

10         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

11  be presented to each of the three sons of Dr. Gwendolyn Brown

12  as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed herein.

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