[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 155 (Tuesday, December 6, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2448]
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 RECOGNITION OF PRESIDENT MARGARET A. McKENNA'S 20 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP 
                          AT LESLEY UNIVERSITY

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                        HON. MICHAEL E. CAPUANO

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 6, 2005

  Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Margaret A. 
McKenna, president of Lesley University since December 4, 1985.
  Dr. McKenna became president of Lesley College 20 years ago and her 
leadership has created Lesley University, with a School of Education, a 
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, an Art Institute and the School 
of Integrative and Experiential Studies. Over these two decades, Lesley 
University's enrollment, endowment and programmatic reach have each 
expanded dramatically. While these achievements would be laudable on 
their own for any university president, they are only a portion of the 
success Dr. McKenna has fostered at Lesley University.
  Dr. McKenna has placed a very strong emphasis on educating our 
educators. Under her stewardship, Lesley has grown to be the 
Commonwealth of Massachusett's largest producer of new teachers. Lesley 
has also become one of the largest providers of graduate professional 
education to classroom teachers in the Nation. The faculty and students 
have become an important resource to local public school districts. 
This is due, in no small part, to her commitment to pioneering on-line 
and distance learning. With President McKenna's imprimatur, Lesley 
University has placed many resources and much energy toward providing 
quality education for teachers specializing in the hard sciences.
  President McKenna has also used her position as the head of a leading 
university to call attention to important causes. One need only glance 
at her published work to know she sees education as an opportunity to 
build a citizen, not just a student. Clearly, from her perspective, 
there is no civics topic that is not enmeshed with higher education.
  In closing, I salute President Margaret McKenna for 20 years of 
outstanding leadership and vision.

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