[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 85 (Friday, June 18, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1150]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TRIBUTE TO JEFF LONG

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 16, 2004

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, today it is my pleasure to honor one of 
Massachusetts' most outstanding and dedicated Athletic Directors, Jeff 
Long. After almost 40 years of coaching and directing, Mr. Lewis has 
certainly deserved his retirement years.
  He began his commendable career in 1966, coaching football at Norwich 
University after having graduated from Norwich that same year. Serving 
as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army did not stop him, as he continued to 
coach football in Germany in 1967.
  Mr. Lewis kept on coaching both track and football at Dedham High 
School until 1973 when he began his run at Marlboro High. Ten years 
later he was appointed as the School's Athletic Director, and took on 
an array of other leadership roles. Some of these roles included 
serving on the Executive Board of the Mass Secondary School Athletic 
Directors Association to which he was appointed president in 1997-98, 
as well as being appointed President of the MIAA in 2002.
  All of his hard work has paid off over the years as he has been 
recognized with several awards and nominations--a few of which include 
Athletic Director of the Year in 1991, the National Football Foundation 
and Hall of Fame Distinguished Service Award in 1994, and the National 
Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association State Award of 
Merit.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to recognize such an outstanding 
professional, so passionately committed to his work. With the 
retirement of Jeff Long Marlboro High says goodbye to one it's most 
effective and talented leaders, and I along with my colleagues wish him 
and his family all the best in the years to come.




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