[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 50 (Monday, May 2, 1994)]
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   TRIBUTE TO DR. JOSEPH J. DEL ROSSO IN HONOR OF HIS 39 YEARS AS AN 
                                EDUCATOR

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                         HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 2, 1994

  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Dr. Joseph 
J. Del Rosso, superintendent of schools for the Commack School 
District. Dr. Del Rosso is now completing his 39th years as an 
educator, including service both as a teacher and administrator. At the 
end of this year, Dr. Del Rosso will retire on May 5, 1994, the Commack 
School District of Suffolk County, NY, will pay tribute to him for his 
many years of dedicated service.
  Dr. Joseph J. Del Rosso has educated students at all levels 
throughout the United States. He began his career in Plainview, Nassau 
County, NY, as a junior high school teacher. He then became director of 
academic services for the South Huntington School District in Suffolk 
County. Dr. Del Rosso also taught as a college professor at the State 
University of New York at Brockport; at Stanford University; and at the 
University of Southern California. He then came back east and served as 
superintendent of schools in East Rochester, NY.
  Since April 1980, Dr. Del Rosso has been the superintendent of 
schools for the Commack School District. His accomplishments there have 
been numerous. They include the initiation of full-day kindergarten, 
and the establishment of an innovative reading program. He also brought 
to the district a strong new writing curriculum and an elementary 
science program. Also during his tenure, the Marion Carll Farm 
Educational Center was established, an operating farm and museum on a 
historic site dating to the early 16th century.
  Like many school superintendents, Dr. Del Rosso had to compile his 
accomplishments during periods of budgetary constraints and enrollment 
changes. Dr. Del Rosso presided over the sale of surplus school 
buildings, and over major renovations to facilities throughout the 
district. He also completed a state-of-the-art computerization program, 
and has been commended for his establishment of innovative hiring 
procedures.
  Dr. Del Rosso has been a leader in many educational organizations, 
including the New York State Council of School Superintendents, the 
American Association of School Administrators, and the Suffolk County 
School Superintendents Association, which he served as its president. 
Dr. Del Rosso and his wife, Eveyln, have two children, a son, Dominic, 
and a daughter, Antonia Del Rosso Brown.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask all my colleagues to join me now in paying tribute 
to Dr. Joseph Del Rosso for his 39 years of dedicated service to 
providing quality education to the youth of our Nation.

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