[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 112 (Monday, July 25, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1400]
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                    IN HONOR OF MRS. IRENE M. MORROW

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 25, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Mrs. Irene Morrow 
who is being honored at this year's American Nationalities Movement's 
awards dinner.
  Mrs. Morrow began her work in the public sector in 1964 when she was 
appointed as Deputy Registrar for the Board of Elections and began 
working for the Notary Public Commission. During the same year, she 
began serving as Deputy Auditor in the Cuyahoga County Auditor's Office 
where she would remain for eight years. Subsequently, Irene worked as 
the Personnel Administrator and Secretary of the Civil Service 
Commission for seventeen years. In 1978 she was elected Executive 
Secretary and Treasurer of the American Nationalities Movement, a post 
which she retained until 2011. In 2004, Irene established the Ralph J. 
Perk Foundation, an organization which works to fund free mammograms 
and prostate screenings for the inner-city poor.
  Mrs. Morrow has received numerous awards and honors throughout her 
decades of public service. She was presented with the Keys to the City 
of Cleveland from Mayor Ralph J. Perk and then Mayor George V. 
Voinovich in 1977 and again in 1985. In 1982 she was honored as one of 
the forty most outstanding women in Ohio by Mrs. Barbara Bush. She has 
also received accolades from the Polonia Foundation of Ohio in 1985, 
the American Nationalities Movement in 1988, and she was presented with 
an Appreciation Award from the United Hungarian Societies in 2007. Last 
year, she was inducted into the International Hall of Fame of Greater 
Cleveland.
  Irene is married to Mr. Edward Morrow, and together they have six 
children and six grandchildren. She continues to serve on the Advisory 
Board of Fairview Park and Lutheran Hospitals.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honoring Mrs. Irene M. 
Morrow, a woman who has done so much for her community and for her 
country.

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