[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 114 (Tuesday, September 21, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1661-E1662]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            IN HONOR OF DR. PATRICIA LORRAINE BURKE McGEEHAN

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 21, 2004

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Patricia 
Lorraine Burke McGeehan for her outstanding leadership and 
distinguished accomplishments in education. She is being honored today, 
September 21, 2004, with the Mary T. Norton Memorial Award by the 
United Way of Hudson County at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Secaucus, New 
Jersey.
  Dr. McGeehan began her work as an educator at the Lincoln Community 
School. In the years that followed, she was principal of the Mary J. 
Donohoe School, Robinson School, and Midtown Community School. She has 
been the superintendent for Bayonne Schools since 2000.
  Under her leadership, the Bayonne School District has received 
numerous awards for excellence. Dr. McGeehan has also been instrumental 
in forming partnerships that have generated grant money for school 
programs.
  She has demonstrated her commitment to education by actively 
participating in more than a dozen community organizations and holding 
advisory positions on many of the boards, such as vice-president of 
both the St. Barnabus Burn Foundation and the Simpson Baber Foundation 
for the Autistic.
  For her efforts, she has been honored by both civic and community 
organizations. Dr. McGeehan has been presented with more than ten 
awards for her leadership and achievements, including NAACP's 
President's Award, the Jersey Journal Woman of the Achievement Award, 
and the Christopher Columbus Community Service Award, to name a few.
  Dr. McGeehan earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the College 
of St. Elizabeth and received her New Jersey Supervisor/Principal's 
Certificate, New Jersey Administrator's Certificate and master's in 
elementary education from Seton Hall University. She also holds a 
doctorate in education/administration from Seton Hall. Dr. McGeehan is 
a resident of Bayonne.
  Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Dr. Patricia 
Lorraine Burke McGeehan for her exemplary efforts towards improving the 
Bayonne City School District in New Jersey and her lifelong commitment 
to education and helping others.

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