[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 89 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S7611]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


       RICHARD P. BUCKLEY--OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR FROM BROCKTON, MA

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, it is a privilege to take this 
opportunity to pay tribute to Richard P. Buckley of Brockton, MA, for 
his 35 years of outstanding service to education in Massachusetts.
  Richard Buckley is retiring this year as title I coordinator in the 
Brockton Public Schools, a position he has held with great distinction 
since 1969. The Federal title I program that he administers provides 
vital support for improving the reading and mathematics skills of 
Brockton's disadvantaged students. He has also taught at the 
elementary, junior high, and high school levels, and as served as an 
elementary school assistant principal.
  In addition to his duties in Brockton, Richard Buckley is also a 
member of the Massachusetts Chapter 1 Director's Advisory Council and 
the Massachusetts Department of Education Committee of Practitioners. 
He is an executive board member and two-time past president of the 
Council of Administrators of Compensatory Education.
  Richard Buckley also served in the U.S. Army for many years. A 
graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School, he was 
Commander of the Boston Army Reserve Center and is now a retired 
colonel of the Army Reserve.
  Throughout this extraordinary career, Richard Buckley has been a 
strong leader for high quality education for the students of Brockton. 
On the occasion of his retirement, I commend him for his remarkable 
service to his community and our country.


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