[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 149 (Thursday, October 6, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1794]
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HONORING DR. SUNGBAE JU FOR HIS LIFELONG ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PERFORMING 
                                  ARTS

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                         HON. STEVEN R. ROTHMAN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 6, 2011

  Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. 
Sungbae Ju, for his exemplary public service and devotion to the 
performing arts.
  Dr. Sungbae Ju is the President of both the Garden State Opera and 
The Figaro Group, and is an accomplished musician. He holds a Masters 
Degree from the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, a Doctoral 
Degree from the Yeshua Theological Seminary and an Honorary Doctor 
Degree from the Universidad Christiana De Bolivia. He has experienced 
unmatched levels of professional success, including performances at 
notable New York and New Jersey performances venues such as Carnegie 
Hall, Lincoln Center, and the New Jersey and Bergen Performing Arts 
Centers. He has also performed in operas including ``The Barber of 
Seville'' and ``Rigoletto'' with singers from the Metropolitan Opera.
  Dr. Ju and his family are members of the New Jersey State Opera, and 
are widely renowned and respected for their numerous recitals to 
benefit worthy causes throughout the nation. Dr. Ju has always tried to 
use music as a tool for improving and developing communities. With that 
in mind, Dr. Ju and others formed the Garden State Opera, Inc., a non-
profit organization that aims to unify the community with music in 
order to aid those in our global community who live without food, hope, 
human rights and with the threat of disease, terror, poverty and war.
  In addition to the Garden State Opera, Dr. Ju and his family have 
volunteered their musical talents and services at over 130 events, 
including various holiday concerts and Asian Pacific Islander Heritage 
Celebrations at the NJ State Association of Chiefs of Police, NJ State 
Police, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Federal Air 
Marshal Service in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Labor 
Department, Bergen County Public Safety Institute, Honor Legion Police 
Department and for many Asian and Korean-American communities.
  Dr. Ju is also involved with many other cultural organizations 
throughout Bergen County including his positions as Chairman of the 
Korean American Day in New Jersey, Event Chairman of Northern-Eastern 
Korean Festival at New Overpeck Park, and Board Member of the Multi-
Cultural Committee in the Bergen County Sheriff's Department. 
Additionally, he has received a multitude of awards from Members of 
Congress, the New Jersey State Senate and General Assembly, the Newark 
and New York divisions of the FBI, the DEA in New Jersey, the TSA, the 
Federal Air Marshall Service, the U.S. Labor Department, the NJ State 
Association of Chiefs of Police, the Bergen County Police Chiefs 
Association, the Ambassador of Taiwan Consul General, and the Bergen 
County Public Safety Institute.
  Mr. Speaker, today I rise to congratulate Dr. Sungbae Ju, and thank 
him for his devotion to the performing arts, the Korean-American 
community, and the American community at large, both in the great State 
of New Jersey and across the Nation.

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