[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 49 (Thursday, April 21, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E712-E713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  IN RECOGNITION OF MR. STEPHEN ADUBATO, SR. AND DR. STEPHEN ADUBATO, 
  JR., RECIPIENTS OF THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND'S ``TREE OF LIFE'' AWARD

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                         HON. STEVEN R. ROTHMAN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 20, 2005

  Mr. ROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with great pleasure to honor 
representatives of two generations of an extraordinarily talented 
family from the great state of New Jersey, Mr. Stephen Adubato, Sr., 
and his son, Dr. Stephen Adubato, Jr. Both members of this truly 
remarkable father-and-son team are to be presented with the Tree of 
Life Award by the Jewish National Fund on June 1, 2005 in Livingston, 
New Jersey. The Adubatos, as well as the former Governor, the very 
Honorable Thomas Kean, Sr. and his distinguished son, New Jersey State 
Senator Thomas Kean, Jr., have been chosen to receive this prestigious 
honor for compiling such exemplary records of public service. Past 
recipients have included such outstanding public servants as United 
States Senator Jon Corzine, Representative Bill Pascrell, two former 
Governors of the State of New Jersey, and corporate leaders Ted Turner 
and Donald Trump.
  Mr. Adubato, Sr., is the founder and Executive Director of the North 
Ward Center, Newark Business Training Institute, The Robert Treat 
Academy Charter School and Casa Israel. His life's work has 
demonstrated to the people of his native city, Newark, and the entire 
state of New Jersey, just what one dedicated, brilliant, and courageous 
man can accomplish to improve his community's educational, civic, and 
cultural life. Mr. Adubato, Sr., has also served as a teacher, 
supervisor, and counselor for the Newark Board of Education, an 
instructor and consultant at Rutgers University, a consultant to New 
Jersey's Chancellor of Higher Education, and Director of External 
Affairs at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
  Like his father, Dr. Stephen Adubato, Jr., has also compiled a 
distinguished career as a four-time Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, 
best-selling author and motivational speaker. In the mid-1980s, at the 
age of 26, he served as New Jersey's youngest state legislator. Since 
then, he has been seen on-air as an expert commentator for MSNBC, the 
FOX News Channel, WABC-TV, and WNET, the leading public television 
station in the Greater New York City metropolitan area. In 1995, Dr. 
Adubato started a company called ``Stand and Deliver'' that is geared 
to helping people become better communicators. In 1999, he founded 
``Stand and Deliver: Communication Tools for Tomorrow's Leaders,'' a 
non-profit program which provides many young people with the 
communications tools they need to become better citizens and to more 
effectively compete for and succeed in the growingly complex job 
market. He currently hosts two shows on public television, ``Caucus New 
Jersey,'' an Emmy Award-winning public affairs television series and 
``Inside Trenton,'' an insightful and innovative news program that 
covers public affairs on a weekly basis.
  Founded in 1901, the Jewish National Fund is one of the premier 
organizations in the world devoted to the welfare of the people and 
land of Israel. The Tree of Life Award is a humanitarian award that the 
Fund presents to individuals in appreciation of their outstanding 
community involvement, their dedication to the cause of American-
Israeli friendship, and their devotion to peace and security. The award 
recognizes outstanding leaders for their achievements and innovations 
in industry, government and education.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my colleagues to join me in 
recognizing the outstanding contributions to New Jersey's civic life 
made by Mr. Stephen Adubato, Sr., and Dr. Stephen Adubato, Jr., and to 
acknowledge their lifetime of good works, as well as those of former 
Governor Thomas Kean, Sr., and State Senator Thomas Kean, Jr. 
Individuals such as these make me proud to be a New Jerseyan and proud 
to call these wonderful people my friends.

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