[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 10, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E334]
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                   HONORING CYNTHIA CARRINGTON-MURRAY

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 10, 1998

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the skill and 
achievements of Cynthia Carrington-Murray. Her contribution to the 
health care community is incomparable.
  After transferring from her native Trinidad and Tobago, she received 
her Bachelors Degree in Nursing and a Masters in Community Health 
Administration from Long Island University. Currently, Cynthia is the 
Executive Director of the Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn, a 428 
bed public hospital that is part of the New York City Health and 
Hospitals Corporation. Woodhull is the acute care hospital for the 
North Brooklyn Health Network with over 18,000 discharges and 240,000 
clinic visits annually. The Center operates three free-standing 
residency programs in Internal Medicine, Primary Care Pediatrics and 
Dentistry.
  A dynamic and personable leader, Cynthia brings over twenty years of 
progressive leadership to the formidable task of interpreting 
Woodhull's mission, vision and goals. A strong advocate of community 
health, she imbues her work with vigor, compassion, and a keen 
understanding of the needs of the North Brooklyn community. She has 
received numerous awards for her professional excellence and she is a 
member of the Board of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, President of 
the Trinidad and Tobago Nurses Association of America and the President 
of the East 45th Street Block Association.
  As a wife and mother to two, daughters Camille and Kamika, Cynthia 
has managed the triumphs and pressures of those roles, and risen to 
excellence in the field of nursing.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating Cynthia Carrington-
Murray for all of her achievements, for being a woman who dares to be 
different, and for showing young women everywhere that they can do and 
accomplish anything.

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