[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E904-E905]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      TRIBUTE TO VAL ARTURO HENRY

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 2, 1995
  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend Val Arturo Henry for 
his yeoman's work to improve his community, and his pursuit of 
individual excellence. Val was born in Colon, Republic of Panama, and 
immigrated to New York City when he was 2 years old.
  Val attended public and secondary schools in Brooklyn and graduated 
from Franklin D. Roosevelt High School as a National Merit Scholar. He 
obtained his undergraduate degree in economics from Bucknell 
University. He than attended Fordham Law School, served as president of 
the Black Law Students Association, and passed the New York State Bar.
  [[Page E905]] Since 1988, Val has been a private practitioner with a 
general law practice. He has also been associated with the law firms of 
Cichanowicz and Callan; and Simpson and Levitsky.
  Val is a member of numerous associations, including the Brooklyn Bar 
Association, the Bar of the City of New York, the Metropolitan Black 
Bar Association, and the New York County Bar. He also serves on the 
boards of directors of Bedford Stuyvesant Legal Services Corp. and the 
Community Alliance for Youth Action. He is a member of Community Board 
9 and serves on the Judicial Screening Committee for Kings and Richmond 
Counties. Val also serves as chancellor to his church, St. Georges 
Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, and sits on the Committee for Canons for 
the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.
  Married for the last 19 years to the former Deborah Ellen Corbett, 
Van and his wife have a son, Kairi William, a sophomore at Hampton 
University, and a daughter, Nia Elena, who is enrolled at Montessori 
Academy in Brooklyn.
  The success achieved by Val Henry, he acknowledges, is due to his 
parents, Earl and Esther Henry of Tampa, FL, his brother Delano C. 
Henry, and his sister Lydia Manrow. I am pleased to introduce my 
colleagues to Val Arturo Henry.


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