[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 93 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1349-E1350]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO SISTER DOROTHY ANN KELLY

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                           HON. NITA M. LOWEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 26, 1997

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Sister Dorothy Ann Kelly, 
OSU, who on July 1 will complete 25 years of outstanding service as 
president of the College of New Rochelle. I am privileged, as the 
Member of Congress who represents the college, to have worked with 
Sister Dorothy Ann. I know her to be a widely respected and admired 
national leader in the areas of higher education and women's issues, 
who also has found the time to play an active role in community 
organizations and events.
  Innovative, insightful, instrumental--these are merely a few words 
that can be used to characterize Sr. Dorothy Ann Kelly, who has served 
as president of the College of New Rochelle for the past 25 years. 
Under her determined leadership, the college has grown from one school 
of 800 students in 1972 to four schools with seven campuses and a 
current student population of over 6,500.
  Sr. Dorothy Ann played a vital role in the establishment of three of 
the college's four schools--the graduate school, now offering programs 
in art, communication arts, education and human services, the School of 
New Resources, an international model in adult education, and the 
School of Nursing, which remains on the cutting edge in preparing 
nurses to meet today's health care needs. The School of Arts and 
Sciences, the original unit of the college, still enrolls only women 
students as it did when founded in 1904.
  Throughout her 40-year career in education as associate professor of 
history, academic dean, acting president, and now president, Sr. 
Dorothy Ann has demonstrated a deep devotion to providing equal rights 
and access to education for all, regardless of general or ethnic 
background. This commitment is particularly evident in the School of 
New Resources' innovative baccalaureate degree program designed 
specifically for adults and the college's bold act of bringing the new 
resources program directly into the community, crossing all perceived 
barriers of geography and socio-economic background. The school now 
maintains seven branch campuses in the New York metropolitan area, 
including in the South Bronx, Harlem, and Brooklyn.
  Sr. Dorothy Ann is no stranger to being the first or only woman to 
achieve a particular goal or status. In 1995, she was the only women's 
college president appointed by the President of the United States to be 
a member of the official U.S. delegation to the United Nations Fourth 
World Conference on Women, held in Beijing, China. In recognition of 
her leadership role in independent higher education, in 1994, Sr. 
Dorothy Ann became the first woman to receive the Henry D. Paley 
Memorial Award from the National Association of Independent Colleges 
and Universities [NAICU] and in 1978, Sr. Dorothy Ann became the first 
woman chair of the New York State Commission on Independent Colleges 
and Universities.

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  She currently serves on the boards of the Teachers Insurance and 
Annuity Association--College Retirement Equities Fund [TIAA-CREF] 
Community of the Peace People, U.S.A.; The Catholic University of 
America; the Commission on Higher Education--Middle States Association; 
the Advisory Board of The National Museum of Women in the Arts; Sound 
Shore Hospital Medical Center in Westchester County, NY; and The 
Ursuline School in New Rochelle, NY.
  For these, and many other reasons, Sister Dorothy Ann Kelly truly 
deserves our thanks and congratulations, as she moves on to the newly 
created position of chancellor of the College of New Rochelle.

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