[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 92 (Thursday, June 5, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1156]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE FEDERATION OF HELLENIC AMERICAN EDUCATORS AND CULTURAL 
                              ASSOCIATIONS

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 5, 2008

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, as co-founder and co-chair 
of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, I rise today to 
recognize The Federation of Hellenic American Educators and Cultural 
Associations who today held a wonderful and historic event in the 
Capitol entitled, ``The Dynamics of the Hellenic Language.'' Attendees 
included His Excellency Ambassador Alexandros Mallias; Carolos Gadis, 
Minister-Deputy Chief of Mission; Stella Kokolis, President, SAE USE 
Region Educational Committee; Christos Polymeropoulos; Vassilis 
Polymeropoulos; Maria Gadis; and students from the Greek School of 
Plato in Brooklyn instructed by Eleftheria Ikouta and Despina 
Hotzoglou.
  I want to acknowledge the honorees receiving the ``Capitol 2008 
Awards for Promoting Hellenic Language and Culture'':
  The Honorable Robert Menendez (D-NJ), The Honorable Olympia Snowe (R-
ME), Dr. Anagnostis Agelarakis, Professor and Director of Environmental 
Studies, Angela Kalmoukos, Teacher, Lowell, Massachusetts, George 
Pumakis, founder of ``Athenian Academy'', Charter Schoolk Dr. James E. 
Alatis, Dean Emeritus, School of Languages and Linguistics, Theodore 
Spyropoulos, S.A.E. U.S.A. Coordinator, Anna Efstathiou Tziropoulou, 
Author-Professor of Historical Greek Literature, Alpine University, 
Zurich, Maria Makedon, Director, First Archdiocesan District, 
Department of Education, Antonis Diamataris, Publisher, ``National 
Herald'', and Dimitris Kastanas, President & Producer, NGTV.
  Professor John Antonopoulos, University of Staten Island, Dr. 
Demetrios J. Constantelos, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, 
Vasiliki Tsigas-Fotinis, Ph.D., President, Hellenic Educators 
Association, NJ, Nina Gatzoulis, Professor of Modern Greek, University 
of New Hampshire, Helene Georgopoulou, Teacher, Peiraikon School, 
Chicago, Eleftheria Ikouta, Principal, Plato School, Brooklyn, Athena 
Krommydas, Principal, The William Spyropoulos Day School, Flushing, Dr. 
George Kafkoulis, Chairman, Co-Founder & President of the Archimedean 
Academy, Timoleon Kokkinos, St. Demetrius Astoria, Principal (Afternoon 
School), and Dr. John Kotsaridis, Director, Education Department, 
Stavropegial Monastery.
  Dr. George Melikokis, Principal, St. Demetrios School, Jamaica, Dr. 
Aristotle Michopoulos, Director of Greek Studies, Hellenic College, 
Marina Moustakas, Founding President, Hellenic Heritage Institute, Dr. 
Peter Nanopoulos, Director of Greek Education and Culture, Metropolis 
of San Francisco, Nikos Nikolidakis, Consul for Educational Affairs in 
USA, Dimitri S. Pallas (MD), Anna Stavroula Panas, St. Basil's Academy 
Teachers College Alumnae Association, Elias Pantelides, Director of 
Academy of Aristotle, St. George, Media, PA, Eleftherios Peroulas, 
Founder of Socrates Academy, NC, and Helen Petropoulou, St. George, 
Maryland.
  Sophia Tsagalis, St. Catherine School, Virginia, Catherine Tsounis, 
Adjunct Professor, St. John's University, Dr. Peter Yiannos, President, 
Tri-State American Foundation for Greek Language and Culture (AFGLC), 
Wilmington, DE Philadelphia Association, Dimitris Filios, Reporter, 
Cosmos FM, Dimitris Georgakopoulos, Publisher, Hellenic Voice, Theodore 
Kalmoukos, Reporter, National Herald, Stavros Marmarinos, Reporter, 
National Herald, Elias Neofyrides, Macedonia TV, Dimitrios Tsakas, 
National Herald, Apostolos Zoupaniotis, Publisher, ``Greek News'', and 
Panikos Panayiotou, NGTV.
  I was pleased to have celebrated the Hellenic language today with my 
many friends in the Greek-American community. I look forward to our 
continued friendship and collaboration on the many issues important to 
the United States and Greece.

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