[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 130 (Monday, October 7, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1772]
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   CENTRAL NEW JERSEY CELEBRATES THE DEDICATED COMMUNITY SERVICE OF 
                          CATHERINE S. GRAHAM

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                           HON. RUSH D. HOLT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 7, 2002

  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor the 
commitment of Catherine S. Graham to the betterment of central New 
Jersey.
  From her first call to public service in 1957 in the clerk's office 
of the Mercer County Court House, Catherine Graham began a pattern of 
commitment to her community that continues today as a general 
consultant in education and human services.
  Her dedication to the people of central New Jersey can be seen in her 
battles for quality education in our public schools, which culminated 
in the position of Executive Director of the Trenton Educational 
Development Corporation, a nonprofit agency dedicated to the advocacy 
of quality education and continues to this day in her chairpersonship 
of the Trenton Parent Involvement Committee.
  Her dedication to the people of central New Jersey can be felt in her 
passion for delivering quality services in welfare, public health, and 
social services when she was the Director of Health and Human Services 
for the City of Trenton.
  Her dedication to the people of central New Jersey can be witnessed 
by her efforts in the African American community on the Board of 
Directors of the Trenton Branch of the NAACP, on the Board of Directors 
of the New Jersey State Conference of NAACP Branches and in the 
National Caucus of Black Women.
  The service to Central New Jersey performed by Catherine S. Graham is 
impressive and commendable and I am proud to rise here today in her 
honor.

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