[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 147 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2206-E2207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING ROBERT G. STAUF

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 15, 1998

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to praise a man who for more 
than three decades has given himself to the education of our youth and 
to the betterment of his community.
  Robert Stauf started teaching in the Bronx in 1984 after graduating 
from Fordham College. For the next few years he taught at St. Philip 
Nerl School while he furthered his studies at Hunter College, where he 
did graduate work in guidance and school counseling, and at Manhattan 
College, where he did graduate work in administration.

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  From 1964 until 1997 he taught in Yonkers Public Schools. But it was 
in the area of community service where Robert Stauf has been exemplary. 
He has evinced a willingness to serve on many committees to further the 
goals of education. He has also served on many government committees 
and in a boundless number of civic organizations.
  He served on the Community Relations Committee for three 
administrations, was chair of the Human Rights Commission and the 
Community Action Program, served on the Parking Authority, the South 
Yonkers Planning Association, the Third Precinct Community Council, was 
in the leadership of an astonishing number of Irish-American 
organizations, in 1993 served on the Yonkers City Council, and if that 
wasn't enough, he can sing.
  Bob Stauf has taught our young for almost two generations while being 
a leader to the many communities he served for as long.
  Yonkers is very fortunate in having someone so willing to do so much 
for his community. I join Yonkers in saluting Bob Stauf for his many 
contributions to his City.

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