[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 124 (Friday, October 6, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1717]
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 CONGRATULATING ROBERT A. SCOTT ON RECEIVING THE 2000 RAOUL WALLENBERG 
                     HUMANITARIAN LEADERSHIP AWARD

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                           HON. MARGE ROUKEMA

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 6, 2000

  Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Robert A. Scott, 
Ph.D., president of Adelphi University and former president of Ramapo 
College, on being chosen to receive the 2000 Raoul Wallenberg 
Humanitarian Leadership Award. Dr. Scott, in addition to being a proven 
educational leader of high standards and strong management expertise, 
has been uniquely active and outspoken on issues surrounding the 
Holocaust, genocide, racism and anti-Semitism. He clearly deserves and 
has earned this high honor. I have worked closely with Dr. Scott for 
many years and can attest to his integrity and dedication.
  The Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Leadership Award is presented 
annually by the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Ramapo 
College. While the Center was established before Dr. Scott became 
president of Ramapo in 1985, he was one of its strongest supporters 
throughout his tenure and contributed significantly to its growth and 
prominence in the world of Holocaust studies. Today, the Center is an 
independent, non-profit organization that encourages and assists 
persons of all ages in learning the history and lessons of the 
Holocaust and other genocides in the hope that through education such 
tragedies can be prevented from ever occurring again. The Center 
sponsors a variety of activities, including workshops for educators, 
recording of local Holocaust survivors' testimonies, art exhibits, film 
series, lectures and panel discussions.
  The Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Leadership Award is given to 
individuals who display ``outstanding leadership in advancing Holocaust 
studies and interfaith understanding.'' Dr. Scott clearly meets that 
test, and strives to follow the examples of courage and leadership set 
by Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of 
thousands of Jews in Budapest during World War II.
  Prior to becoming president of Adelphi University on July 15 of this 
year, Dr. Scott spent 15 years as president of Ramapo College. His 
tenure at Ramapo was marked by rising enrollments, increasingly 
rigorous admissions standards, a construction boom, fiscal stability, 
the addition of three graduate degree programs and numerous other 
accomplishments. He has been a member of the New Jersey Commission on 
Higher Education since 1994 and chaired the Commission's Higher 
Education Restructuring Team. As a senior advisor to the U.S. State 
Department, he represented the United States at the 1998 United 
National Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization conference in 
Paris that negotiated an international treaty on the transferability of 
academic credits and credentials. He has received numerous awards from 
education and community groups.
  Before coming to Ramapo, Dr. Scott was assistant commissioner for the 
Indiana Commission for Higher Education and an associate dean and 
senior administrator at Cornell University. He holds a bachelor's 
degree in English from Bucknell University and his doctorate in 
sociology and organizational ethnography from Cornell.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the House of Representatives to 
join me in congratulating Dr. Scott and wishing him many years of 
continued success in his new role at Adelphi University.

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