User:Azlizc

I've been considering the following pages for update
 * HOSA-Future Health Professionals
 * I work with HOSA and have worked with HOSA for the past 5 years - being able to edit this page to show the amount of change and growth that has happened over the course of its 40 years in existence would be a great opportunity for someone who loves the organization as much as I do. I would be able to add more about the different types of competitions, more information about the founding of the organization, the officers, how it ties in with Parliamentary Procedure, and so much more information. HOSA provides all their resources free of charge on their website and I could find other information about the organization through online searches. I could also literally just update the NAME OF THE ARTICLE to show that HOSA is properly known as HOSA-Future Health Professionals.


 * Congressman Carl D. Perkins
 * The page about the congressman lacks citations and in-depth information about him. I also think it would be interesting to learn about the congressman who has inspired legislation that promotes and funds Career and Technical Student Organizations - something that I am a proponent of. I have done a preliminary search of the congressman online and have found sources for some of the claims that are unsourced. I've also been able to find more information that either expands on some of the points in the article or are new points entirely.

Assignment
Carl Dewey Perkins (October 15, 1912- August 3, 1984) was a Democrat and an American Congressman in the United States House of Representatives who led the House Committee on Education and Labor who served as a Representative from Kentucky from 1940 until his death in 1984.

Early Life
Carl Dewey Perkins was born in Hindman, Kentucky on October 15, 1912, to Dora Calhoun Perkins and James Perkins. Perkins attended high school at Hindman High School and Caney Junior College (now Alice Lloyd College). He worked as a teacher in a Knott County School for 90 students. He then went on to attend the Jefferson School of Law (now known as the University of Louisville School of Law) and graduated in 1935. He passed the bar and served a term as a commonwealth attorney for the thirty-first judicial district of Kentucky.

In 1938 Perkins married Verna Johnson and they had one son, Carl C. Perkins.

During World War ||, Perkins enlisted in the United States Army and served a tour in Europe.

In 1940, Perkins was elected as a member of the Kentucky General Assembly was then elected Knott County Attorney in 1941 and reelected in 1945. Perkins resigned January 1, 1948 so that he could counsel the Department of Highways for Frankfort, Kentucky.

He was elected to serve as a Kentucky Representative in 1948 winning against the incumbent Wendell H. Meade.

Congress
Carl D. Perkins was first elected to serve in Congress during 1948. A Democrat, Perkins was elected to serve the Seventh Congressional District of Kentucky. He served in this role until his death in 1984.

When he was elected, he was assigned to the House Committee on Education and Labor. He would eventually come to be the chair of this committee which he would hold until his death in 1984. During his time as a congressman, he was an advocate of social programs and was known most for working on legislation that supported federal aid to schools, college assistance, and several children's legislation causes. Many of his constituents from Kentucky admired him for this

Death
Carl D. Perkins died August 3, 1984, in Lexington, Kentucky after complaining of feeling ill on a flight from Washington. He fell ill on the plane and was pronounced dead of a heart attack on arrival at St. Joseph's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. His funeral was widely attended as he was widely regarded as a popular Kentucky politician over the course of his career. Many of his colleagues flew to Kentucky to pay their respects along with thousands of native Kentucky residents. The funeral proceedings were hosted in the Knott County High School gymnasium that was filled to capacity by colleagues and constituents of the congressman all of which were there to pay their respects. Notable attendees included Senator Edward Kennedy and House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neil who gave the eulogy.

Legacy
In his life, Perkins supported education and funding education. His legacy centers around his support for education in the form of the Perkins loan and the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act that provides federal funding for career and technical education.

Perkins' legacy also lives on in the form of the Carl D. Perkins Bridge crossing the Ohio river from Scioto County, Ohio to Greenup County, Kentucky, the Carl D. Perkins Building at the Eastern Kentucky University, and the Carl D. Perkins Federal Courthouse in Ashland Kentucky, all of which were named in his honor.

There is also the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Training Center in Thelma, Kentucky and the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps through the U.S. Department of Labor.