[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 52 (Tuesday, April 26, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E760]
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      RECOGNIZING THE CAREER AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF ROBERT MINEHARDT

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                           HON. RUSH D. HOLT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 26, 2005

  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Robert Minehardt, 
a distinguished educator at Shrewsbury Borough School, on his 
retirement after forty years of dedicated service to educating up to 
three generations of local families.
  Robert Minehardt has become a vital part of the Shrewsbury community 
as he has held nearly every leadership position available to a teacher. 
Since beginning his career in 1965, he has taught fifth and sixth 
grades, as a general education teacher and then as a science teacher. 
Mr. Minehardt has also served as vice-principal for more than 10 years, 
and also, for a short period as the acting superintendent. He has been 
the Shrewsbury's Title I director, summer school director, the T&E 
director, the teacher-in-charge, and the assistant to the 
superintendent. Outside of the classroom, Mr. Minehardt was also active 
for several years as a coach to the boy's basketball team, supervisor 
to intramural sports, and coordinator for the CPR program with 
Shrewsbury's local first aid squad.
  Inside the classroom, Mr. Minehardt had a passion for science 
concentrated in the areas of oceanography and space exploration. Most 
notably, his interest led him to advocate for the development of the 
schools' science program. He organized trips to the beaches of Sandy 
Hook, NJ and formed the in-school science club program.
  As a resident of Shrewsbury since 1968, Robert Minehardt attended 
high school at Red Bank Regional High in Little Silver, NJ. He then 
went on to achieve his undergraduate degree at Monmouth University in 
West Long Branch, NJ and continued his graduate education at Rutgers 
University in New Brunswick, NJ. Mr. Minehardt returned to Shrewsbury 
to raise his family including his two sons, Adam and Todd. Both boys 
attended Shrewsbury schools and were even taught by their father. 
Currently, Robert Minehardt and his wife, Maggie Minehardt, live in 
Fair Haven, NJ, where he volunteers as a fire fighter.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the entire 12th district of New Jersey, I 
ask you and my colleagues to join me in congratulating Robert Minehardt 
on his retirement, and we wish him the best in his move to Florida.

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