[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 54 (Tuesday, April 20, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E701-E702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO ADREA G. COHEN

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 20, 1999

  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call to your attention the 
deeds of Adrea Cohen of Belleville, New Jersey on this the occasion of 
her Retirement and Testimonial Dinner. Adrea is being honored tonight 
because of her 25 years of service to the township of Belleville and 
the Belleville Public Library and Information Center. It is only 
fitting that we gather here tonight in her honor, for she epitomizes 
caring and generosity of spirit.
  Adrea Cohen has served as Director of the Belleville Public Library 
and Information Center since 1993. She began as its Assistant Library 
Director in 1974 after completing her

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second Masters Degree in Library Science from Pratt Institute. Cohen 
also holds a Master's Degree in History from Montclair State 
University. She has taken graduate courses in history at Harvard 
University, where she was schooled under the President of the Library 
of Congress.
  Adrea was formerly a tenured teacher of English, history, and 
literature in the City of Passaic, from 1958 to 1964, a school 
librarian in the City of Passaic from 1964 to 1966, she was a 
supervisor of student teachers for Montclair State University, and a 
teacher of ESL (English as a Second Language) and she also taught 
English in the Wayne and Passaic Adult Schools for 15 years.
  Many people in the community of Belleville, New Jersey have benefited 
from Adrea's vast commitment to civil programs. She has been made a 
Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club, as well as served as their 
public relations chair. She was the literature chair of the Woman's 
Club, and Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce. She is a past 
president of Zonta International of the Greater Wayne area. She has 
served as president of the administration section of NJLA and is still 
an active member of the first regional library cooperative.
  She has served as president of libraries in focus, a Cablevision 
consortium for Essex County libraries and has actively videotaped over 
one hundred programs at the library for the past ten years, which have 
appeared on local cablevision. She has also held a yearly Martin Luther 
King, Jr. event at School No. 9 in Paterson, New Jersey, and has worked 
closely with local artists and photographers whose work she has 
displayed in the library.
  In the spring, Adrea will be honored by Kappa Delta Phi, New York 
University, as Educator of the Year for her library directorship and 
contributions to the community. The award will be presented to her by 
the United States Ambassador and deputy governor, Dr. Inez Bull.
  Adrea has been married to Roy Cohen for 37 years, and has two 
children, Pamela and Bonnie Cohen.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you please join me, our colleagues in the 
United States House of Representatives, Adrea's family, friends, and 
coworkers, the Belleville Library and Information Center, and Township 
of Belleville, New Jersey, in thanking Mrs. Adrea Cohen for all her 
years of service to the community and congratulating her on her well 
deserved retirement, her presence will be greatly missed.

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