[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 12 (Thursday, February 10, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E115]
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                        HONORABLE EVELYN DIXSON

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 10, 2000

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor one of Brooklyn's grand 
dames, Mrs. Evelyn Dixson.
  Mrs. Dixson has provided a lifetime of public service to the people 
of Brooklyn. She was elected to eight consecutive two-year terms as a 
Democratic State Committeewoman for the 56th Assembly District. She is 
a past President of the Brooklyn Club of the National Association of 
Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. and is presently an 
advisor to the Club. She is also a former member of the Board of 
Directors of Elected Officials of New York State; a past President of 
the Bedford Stuyvesant Lioness Club; and a charter member of the 
Stuyvesant Heights Lions Club International. A long time member of 
Cornerstone Baptist Church, Mrs. Dixson is President of the Cornerstone 
Federal Credit Union and President of the Board of Directors for 
Cornerstone's Sandy F. Ray Elderly Housing.
  As a result of her community activism, Evelyn Dixson has received 
numerous honors and awards including the Sojourner Truth Award, The 
Churchwoman of the Year Award from Key Women of America and the Melvin 
Jones Award from Lions International. She has also been honored by a 
number of elected officials like Brooklyn's Borough President, Howard 
Golden, and the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican 
Legislators, Inc. The Pratt Area Community Council also honored Ms. 
Dixson by naming one of its affordable housing projects in 1994, ``The 
Evelyn Dixson Houses''. The Dixson Houses are seven newly rehabilitated 
buildings in Brooklyn.
  A former teacher, Mrs. Dixson was also Executive Administrative 
Assistant for the Taxi and Limousine Commission of New York City. She 
is an alumna of North Carolina State College. She also studied at Bank 
Street College and the New School for Social Research in New York City 
specializing in Early Childhood Education.
  I am pleased to bring the achievements of one of Brooklyn's finest 
citizens, Mrs. Evelyn Dixson, to the attention of my colleagues.

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