[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 158 (Wednesday, October 28, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2650]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      HONORING DR. MARCO A. MASON

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                         HON. YVETTE D. CLARKE

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 28, 2009

  Ms. CLARKE. Madam Speaker, today I rise to honor and recognize Dr. 
Marco A. Mason, a distinguished medical sociologist and activist from 
the great state of New York. Dr. Mason is a living legend in Brooklyn, 
NY, not only is a professor at Medgar Evers College Department of 
Social and Behavior Sciences but he is a founding member of the 
Caribbean Women's Health Association, the Chairman/CEO of the 
Panamanian Council of New York Inc and the President of the Institute 
for Pan-American Affairs.
  Additionally, Dr. Mason serves on the advisory boards for SUNY 
Downstate Medical Center, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, the 
Caribbean Research Center and the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee 
Services. He is recognized in the Global Directory of ``Who's Who in 
the World'' and the Vice-Chairman of New York City Community Board No. 
9.
  Dr. Mason is widely acknowledged as a technical expert on U.S. 
immigration policy and he is an accredited practitioner in immigration 
law before the Immigration and Naturalization Court and the Board of 
Immigration Appeals. His principal scholarly interests include the 
United States' immigration policy impact on ethnic communities and 
patterns of Caribbean immigration in the Western Hemisphere. He was 
cited by the U.S. Department of Justice for his ``Outstanding services 
in assisting immigrants with status adjustments.''
  He is a seasoned global traveler with extensive professional-related 
international tours throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, 
Latin America and the Caribbean. He serves as a United Nations Social 
and Economic Council delegate and in this capacity has hosted numerous 
international conferences and field tours to study public health 
systems.
  Dr. Mason is the recipient of more than 150 awards for his 
``Dedicated service rendered to the Caribbean-American Community'' and 
was recognized in the Medical Herald in a special feature entitled 
``Marco Mason: A Champion of Ethnicity.''
  Dr. Mason's story is a quintessential American Immigrant story. A 
proud Panamainian-American of Caribbean decent whose life's work is a 
testiment to the virtues of courage and integrity.
  Again, I rise to express the heartfelt appreciation and gratitude of 
all New Yorkers and the untold numbers of Brooklynites who are the 
beneficiaries of his outstanding life's work.

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