[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1845]
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                       HONORING MARY ANN SCHILLER

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                           HON. RUSS CARNAHAN

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 29, 2010

  Mr. CARNAHAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the career of 
Mary Ann Schiller with the Affirm School District. She began working in 
the Affton School District as a high school senior in 1950 as an 
assistant to the superintendent's secretary. She attended Miss Hickey's 
Secretarial School in the evening while working as secretary to the 
principal at Reavis School during the day.
  In 1960 she moved to the administration center to serve the assistant 
superintendent of elementary education. In 1970, Mrs. Schiller became 
the secretary to the superintendent (later administrative assistant) as 
well as secretary to the Board of Education, positions she held for 40 
years. She has been the indispensable ``right hand'' to eight 
superintendents and a patient mentor to nearly 70 Board of Education 
members.
  On June 15, 2010, the Affton School District's Board of Education 
unanimously voted to dedicate and rename the Affton School District 
Administration Center in her honor. On October 2, 2010 the 
administration center will be renamed the Mary Ann Schiller 
Administration Center.
  Other honors for Mary Ann include: the recipient of the Service and 
Outstanding Achievement Recognition (SOAR) Award for 1996-97; named 
Affton Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year in 1999; and one of ten 
distinguished alumni inducted into the Affton Hall of Fame in 2005.
  Mary Ann was also named by the Missouri Department of Elementary and 
Secondary Education as a Pioneer in Education--an honor never before 
bestowed upon a classified school district employee.
  Mary Ann Schiller retired on June 30, 2010 after 60 years of service 
to the Affton School District. I honor Mary Ann today for her 
outstanding public service; performing one of the most important tasks 
necessary for a successful and healthy nation: educating the young and 
preparing them to be productive and responsible citizens.

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