[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING DR. MARY McINERNEY

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                        HON. MICHAEL E. McMAHON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 14, 2010

  Mr. McMAHON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the career, 
service, and achievement of Dr. Mary McInerney, Principal of the 
Richard Hungerford School in Staten Island, NY.
  Born and raised in New York City by Irish immigrant parents, Dr. 
McInerney began her education in the parochial school system in the 
Bronx. After earning several degrees in psychology and history and 
education, she received her Doctorate from Columbia University in 1994, 
with her studies focusing on technology and the disabled.
  Mary's teaching career was as long as it was exemplary: she served as 
a teacher with the Preschool-Early Intervention Program at the Kennedy 
Child Center before beginning her career with the New York City 
Department of Special Education, first starting as a teacher of a Track 
IV class, she became Coordinator of P.L. 89-313, then Data Manager and 
then Assistant Principal of the Manhattan Occupational Training Center. 
Ultimately she was designated the Principal of the Richard H. 
Hungerford School, formerly the Richmond Occupational Training Center. 
In addition to her roles as teacher, administrator, and supervisor 
within the school system, Mary has also served as Adjunct Professor and 
as part-time Administrative Assistant to the Associate Dean of Academic 
Affairs at Adelphi University. At Columbia University, she served as 
Assistant Instructor and Guest Lecturer, and at the College of Staten 
Island she served as a member of the adjunct faculty.
  Having published and presented extensively on subjects ranging from 
computer technology for the disabled to Inclusion and the Learning 
Disabled Child, and having received an impressive array of academic 
honors and community service awards (including Principal of the Year 
from the Association of Orthodox Jewish Teachers and Irishwoman of the 
Year from the New York City Board of Education Emerald Society), Mary 
is perhaps best known for her successful leadership at the Hungerford 
School. With the support of her staff, parents, and community, the 
school has attained a remarkable level of excellence with an enviable 
track record for independent problem-solving and participatory 
management. In 1998, the school was recognized by the United States 
Department of Education as having an exemplary program in teacher and 
staff development, thereby becoming the first New York City school to 
earn the prestigious Blue Ribbon Award.
  Our community and our Nation are enriched and ennobled by individuals 
whose character, perseverance, and public contribution perpetually 
nourish the present and empower the future for us all. Dr. Mary 
McInerney is such an individual, and I call on all Members of the House 
to join me in recognizing her many enduring accomplishments.

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