[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 103 (Monday, June 25, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING DR. ALBERT J. SIMONE

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                        HON. THOMAS M. REYNOLDS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 25, 2007

  Mr. REYNOLDS. Madam Speaker, with great appreciation and delight I 
rise today to honor a distinguished and dedicated leader, educator, 
administrator, and neighbor who for a decade and a half has moved his 
institution and his community forward.
  As President of Rochester Institute of Technology, RIT, Dr. Albert J. 
Simone has left a lasting and profound mark not only on his 
professional school, but on the region it calls home. At RIT, Dr. 
Simone brought innovation, energy, vision and success after success to 
a school with 15,500 students from all across America and the world, 
helping make it one of the Nation's leading career-oriented 
universities.
  The effect of his leadership has been felt well beyond campus limits 
and will be felt for generations to come in Rochester and western New 
York. A believer in education through collaboration, Dr. Simone has 
been indispensable in cultivating enriching relationships with local 
and federal government, western New York businesses, the local 
community, and nations across the globe. Whether he was engaging 
students in college classrooms or becoming the first American 
university president to officially visit North Korea and Vietnam when 
these regions were largely closed to the United States, Dr. Simone has 
understood the importance of reaching out, connecting, and working 
together.
  Ever since arriving in Rochester from Hawaii in 1992, Dr. Simone has 
immersed himself and RIT in the western New York community. Involved in 
countless organizations--including the Rochester Business Alliance, the 
Center for Governmental Research, the Executive Committee of Upstate 
Partners, and High Technology of Rochester, just to name a few--Dr. 
Simone has put his characteristic zeal and intelligence to work to make 
Rochester work. Although an incomparable educator at heart, having 
taught at MIT, Northeastern University, Boston College, and others, Dr. 
Simone has become a regional leader as much as an educational leader.
  Thus, Madam Speaker, in recognition of the indelible mark Dr. Simone 
has left on RIT, Rochester and western New York, his remarkable 
educational and administrative accomplishments, and his spirit to make 
his community a better place, I ask that this honorable body join me in 
honoring Dr. Albert J. Simone.

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