[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 124 (Friday, September 21, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1689-E1690]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING JANICE LEE ROHLF

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                       HON. FELIX J. GRUCCI, JR.

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 21, 2001

  Mr. GRUCCI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the 60th birthday 
of Janice Lee Rohlf.
  On September 18, 1941, Janice Lee Rohlf (nee Janice Smith) was born 
and raised in a remote, rural area in Northeast Pennsylvania. A high 
school teacher/guidance counselor encouraged Janice to attend college; 
he even gave her the $15.00 to apply to what was then the East 
Stroudsberg State Teachers College. Janice was the first in her family 
to attend college, majoring in mathematics, with a minor in social 
studies.
  Upon graduation, Janice came to LI to teach in the Islip school 
district. After one year, she married and began raising a family. 
Janice has three wonderful children, Justin, Jason and Janine. Janice 
divorced and returned to work, starting in Suffolk County Government. 
During this time, Janice also earned a Master's Degree in Public 
Administration at Stony Brook University, and moved through four 
positions in three years in Suffolk County: Investigator in the Child 
Support Enforcement Bureau, Labor Technician in the Department of 
Labor, Administrative Assistant in Medicaid, Legislative Aide in the 
County Legislature and, finally, an Administrative Assistant in the 
County Executive's Office. While in her last position in the Suffolk 
County Government Janice began work on a Master's Degree in Social Work 
at Stony Brook University, which she completed in December of 1989. 
Janice currently has a small, part-time psychiatric social work 
practice.
  Following a change in leadership in Suffolk County, Janice then 
worked for the Long Island Chapter of the New York State Head Injury 
Association. Then, in September of 1987, an opportunity arose at Stony 
Brook University, albeit temporary and part-time, in the University 
Affairs office as the Director of Public Affairs, which Janice 
accepted. Needless to say, Janice never left and since 1988 has been 
the Director of Governmental Relations at Stony Brook University.
  In November of 1998 Janice married F. James Rohlf, a Professor in the 
Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook. They travel 
extensively, most recently to South Africa, Chile and Australia. Janice 
and Jim reside in Port Jefferson, with their cat, Tigger.

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