[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 144 (Thursday, October 6, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                         TRIBUTE TO HENRY MROZ

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                         HON. MARTIN T. MEEHAN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 5, 1994

  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to note the passing of Mr. Henry 
Mroz, a former school superintendent and school committeeman of Lowell, 
MA.
  Henry Mroz will be remembered for many great attributes; his 
professionalism, intellect and dedication to name a few. But more than 
anything else, Henry Mroz will be remembered for spearheading a $131 
million school building and renovation program that is scheduled for 
completion next year. Mr. Mroz was the prime mover in securing the 
Federal funding for these schools and is overseeing their construction. 
It is these schools that will serve as a lasting monument to him for 
generations to come.
  A Lowell High graduate, Mroz held a master's degree in education from 
Fitchburg State College and a law degree from the New England School of 
Law.
  In 1982 he became superintendent after serving as the director of 
Federal programs for the Lowell schools from 1969 to 1981 and the 
assistant superintendent of the Lowell schools in 1981. He previously 
taught math, history, and science in the classroom.
  Henry Mroz will be remembered for leading the schools through the 
sometimes turbulent 1980's, when the system's populations of Southeast 
Asian youths skyrocketed from 1 percent to more than 25 percent. During 
this time, Mr. Mroz demonstrated his leadership skills, keeping the 
school system on track and guiding it through challenges it had never 
seen before.
  His commitment to education in Lowell will never be surpassed. Mr. 
Mroz and his wife Theresa had no children of their own, but their was 
never any doubt that both regarded the 13,000 children of the Lowell 
public schools as their own.
  Henry Mroz succumbed to a heart condition that he had struggled 
against with strength and courage. Friends and family, as well as the 
city of Lowell, will be forever in debt to the contributions that Henry 
Mroz made to the Lowell schools during his long tenure. I join in 
paying tribute to this distinguished man. He will be missed by all who 
knew him.

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