[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1560-E1561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO DORIS ROSENBLUM

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 11, 1996

  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in a special tribute to Doris 
Rosenblum, a resident of the west side of Manhattan who dedicated over 
35 years to improving the quality of life in her community. I am 
saddened to report that with her death on August 29, 1996, we lost an 
energetic and spirited activist who had a measurable and permanent 
impact on the neighborhoods and residents of Manhattan through her 
service to the public good.
  Doris Rosenblum's activism was not limited to specific issues. She 
worked tirelessly to provide housing for poor and low-income people, 
for education, for schools, for cleaner streets, for the construction 
of community centers, and for many other causes throughout the 35 years 
of her dedicated advocacy work. Notably, Doris was the founder of the 
Stryker's Bay Neighborhood Association. She also helped organize West 
Side High School as a community-based alternative school and acted as 
the school's administrator from 1972 until 1979.

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  Doris served her community in an official capacity as well. From 1971 
until 1990, Doris was a member of community board 7, and the board's 
district manager from 1983 to 1990. I am also proud to report that 
Doris received special recognition for her years of hard work when 
Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger appointed her the official 
historian for the borough of Manhattan.
  I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to celebrate and pay tribute to the life's 
work of Doris Rosenblum, a person to whom we all owe a debt of 
gratitude. She is an example to each of us who have chosen to serve in 
the public interest and I ask my colleagues to join with me in honor of 
her relentless dedication to the good of her community.

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