[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 101 (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1270]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING MR. SY STERNBERG

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                           HON. NITA M. LOWEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 18, 2008

  Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
accomplishments of Mr. Sy Sternberg and to congratulate him on his 
retirement as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of 
New York Life Insurance Company, the largest mutual life insurance 
company in the United States and one of the largest life insurers in 
the world.
  A native of Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Sternberg earned a bachelor of 
electrical engineering degree from the City College of New York in 1965 
and an M.S.E.E. degree from Northeastern University in 1968.
  Before joining New York Life in 1989, Mr. Sternberg spent 13 years at 
the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, where he was most 
recently senior executive vice president.
  Mr. Sternberg is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the 
Business Roundtable and serves on its Task Forces on International 
Trade and Investment, Security and Fiscal Policy and the Leadership 
Committee of the Lincoln Center Consolidated Corporate Fund. Mr. 
Sternberg is also a Board of Trustees member for Big Brothers Big 
Sisters of New York City, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Northeastern 
University and the Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY.
  In 1999, Mr. Sternberg was appointed by President Clinton and served 
through 2002 as one of three United States representatives to the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC). 
In January of this year, Mayor Bloomberg of New York City appointed Mr. 
Sternberg as co-chair, along with former Mayor Dinkins, of the Mayor's 
task force on Career and Technical Education Innovation.
  Mr. Sternberg is most importantly the proud father of two grown 
daughters, Jodi and Donna, and resides in Purchase, NY, with his wife, 
Laurie, and their son, Matthew.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud to recognize my good friend Mr. Sy 
Sternberg for a successful career in finance and unparalleled devotion 
to charitable causes. I urge my colleagues to join me in honoring his 
tremendous accomplishments.

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