[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 64 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E811]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  THE JANE VORHEES-ZIMMERLI MUSEUM GALA HONORING PHILLIP DENNIS CATE'S 
              SILVER ANNIVERSARY AS DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, April 6, 1995
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, on the afternoon of Saturday, April 29, 
1995, a gala in New Brunswick, NJ, will celebrate Phillip Dennis Cate's 
25 years as director of the Jane Vorhees-Zimmerli Museum.
  Mr. Speaker, Phillip Dennis Cate deserves to be recognized for 
outstanding work in the field of museum studies. Mr. Cate attended 
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, graduating in 1967 as an 
art history major and as a Henry Rutgers scholar. Using his experience 
as director of the art gallery at Rutgers, Phillip Dennis Cate has been 
able to create one of the foremost collections of art within the State 
of New Jersey.
  Under direction of Mr. Cate, the Jane Vorhees-Zimmerli Museum has 
been transformed from a well-kept local secret into a renowned museum 
that hosts a multitude of eclectric exhibits. Some of these exhibitions 
include French 19th century graphics, American and European art, 
children's literature, and the most recent addition of the Norton and 
Nancy Dodge collection of nonconformist art from the Soviet Union.
  Phillip Dennis Cate seized on the opportunity to make the Jane 
Vorhees-Zimmerli Museum a prominent resource center for the art world. 
Without Mr. Cate's ambition and training, the Zimmerli would probably 
not have reached such a level of respect and admiration.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a great honor for me to pay tribute to Mr. Phillip 
Dennis Cate, to look back on his accomplishments of the past 25 years 
and to look forward to the great work yet to come.


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