[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 65 (Thursday, April 30, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1039]
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                       TRIBUTE TO EILEEN HOROWITZ

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                          HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 30, 2009

  Mr. WAXMAN. Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to recognize the 
extraordinary contributions of Eileen Horowitz, Temple Israel of 
Hollywood Day School's Head of School. Eileen will be retiring this 
spring after 14 remarkable years of service to Temple Israel of 
Hollywood and 40 years as a visionary educator and administrator.
  Eileen will be wished a warm and fond farewell on May 16, 2009 during 
Temple Israel of Hollywood's Spring Gala celebrating her commitment to 
the children and community at Temple Israel.
  Since 1995, Eileen has served as Temple Israel of Hollywood Day 
School's Head of School. By all accounts, she has transformed the Day 
School while touching the lives of hundreds of children, their 
families, her colleagues and the Temple's congregants. Eileen has 
elevated the Day School to an institution that is locally, nationally 
and internationally renowned for its high academic standards, its 
innovative and creative programming and its focus on nurturing well-
rounded children. Eileen's forward-thinking philosophy has been to 
foster a student's identity that is sensitive to others and the 
environment and fulfills the responsibility that each of us bears.
  Eileen's 40-year career in education has taken her from classroom 
instruction to curriculum development and implementation to school 
administration and teacher training. Perhaps Eileen's most inspiring 
legacy is that she has never lost sight of the reason she entered the 
field of education in the first place--her desire to help children 
reach their potential and develop a lifelong love of learning.
  Notwithstanding Eileen's incredible accomplishments, she considers 
her finest achievements to be her nearly 40-year marriage to her 
husband, Steve, her children and their six beautiful grandchildren.
  Temple Israel of Hollywood and our entire community owes Eileen a 
debt of gratitude for her tremendous record of achievements at Temple 
Israel of Hollywood and throughout her career. I am delighted to join 
Eileen's family, friends, colleagues, students and their families in 
congratulating her and wishing her Mazel Tov for her successes.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in extending thanks and appreciation 
for her outstanding and inspired contributions these past 14 years at 
Temple Israel and in wishing her all the best for the future.

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