On February 01, 2010, Sen. Murkowski spoke from the Senate floor and paid tribute to Dr. Bill Demmert who passed away on January 19, 2010. Dr. Demmert grew up in Southeast Alaska, and was Commissioner of the Department of Education and Early Development under Governor Steve Cowper, a founding member of the National Indian Education Association (NIEA), a lead writer of the Indian Education Act, and an internationally recognized expert on issues related to Indian education, especially Native language immersion.
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