[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 160 (Tuesday, December 7, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2070-E2071]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    A TRIBUTE TO MS. FRANKEE COOPER

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS-

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 7, 2010

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Ms. Frankee 
Cooper.
  Ms. Cooper was born on October 10, 1992, in Brooklyn, New York. She 
is the daughter of two proud parents, Mary and Steven Cooper; the 
granddaughter of Bertha and Charlie Johnson; and holds the loving 
support of her mother's fiance, and future stepfather, Wilbert Tee 
Lawton.
  Ms. Cooper is a very dedicated student that excels at everything she 
puts her mind to. Ms. Cooper attended various private schools during 
her academic career in Brooklyn: Emanuel Baptist Church Christian 
School, Saukofa Academy, Saint Paul's Community Christian School and 
Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School. Ms. Cooper always strived toward 
academic excellence. Among her many accomplishments, Ms. Cooper 
maintained her honor roll status throughout high school and 
successfully graduated with an Advanced Regents Diploma. Ms. Cooper was 
also inducted into the National Society of High School Scholars.
  Beyond Ms. Cooper's dedication to academics, she has a clear 
commitment to philanthropy. Throughout high school, she volunteered at 
food banks, nursing homes and hospitals. In total, she donated over 100 
hours of her personal time for the benefit of others. Involvement in 
community service enabled Ms. Cooper to realize her leadership 
potential; she later became Vice President of her school's Leadership 
Council and a member of her school's student government. She single-
handedly managed an annual school fundraiser for her high school's 
sister school, St. Mary's, in Kenya. At graduation, Ms. Cooper was 
surprised with an honor bestowed to only two seniors every year: a 
place on Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School's Wall of Who's Who, an 
honor also bestowed upon the Hon. Rudolph W. Giuliani, former Mayor of 
New York City.
  Ms. Cooper has dreamed of becoming a doctor since she was two years 
old. In 2007, she was accepted into the Arthur Ashe Program at 
Downstate Medical School in Brooklyn, New York. This highly competitive 
program was designed to provide opportunity for inner-city students who 
exemplify outstanding academic success and show an interest in the 
medical field. From a pool of 5,000 applicants, Ms. Cooper was one of 
only twenty-five students accepted into this prestigious program. She 
graduated at the top of her class in 2010.
  Today, Ms. Cooper is a freshman biology major at Howard University in 
Washington, D.C. She is already an active member of the Howard 
community; recently, Ms. Cooper was

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elected President of her residence hall, the Bethune Annex Residence. 
When Ms. Cooper graduates, she plans to continue her education at 
Howard University Medical School. She hopes to live her dream of one 
day becoming a doctor.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 
achievements of Ms. Frankee Cooper.

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