[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 20, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING FREEHOLDER BERNADETTE P. McPHERSON

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                         HON. STEVEN R. ROTHMAN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 20, 2011

  Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my dear 
friend, Freeholder Bernadette P. McPherson, for her service to our 
community as an elected member of Bergen County Board of Chosen 
Freeholders. Bernadette has dedicated herself in service to her 
community, and I am pleased to recognize her as she completes another 
chapter in her distinguished career.
  In 1999, Bernadette was elected Councilwoman in the Borough of 
Rutherford, serving as the first female Fire Department Liaison. She 
also served as the Borough's Mayor from 2000 until 2007.
  Bernadette was first elected to the Bergen County Board of Chosen 
Freeholders in 2002, serving as the Board's Freeholder Chairwoman from 
2002 through the 2006 term. She currently chairs both the Law and 
Public Safety Committee and the Organization and Internal Affairs 
Committee. Freeholder McPherson is also a member of the Budget and 
Finance, Cultural and Historic Affairs, Veterans Liaison, and New 
Jersey Legislature committees.
  Bernadette graduated Magna Cum Laude from LaSalle University with a 
Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and English in 1983. She 
attended both Seton Hall Law School and then Temple University School 
of Law where she earned her J.D. in 1986.
  Bernadette has lived in Rutherford since 1987 with her husband David, 
an outstanding and highly-regarded attorney, and their four wonderful 
children.
  Mr. Speaker, today I rise to congratulate my dear friend and 
constituent, Freeholder Bernadette McPherson, on her final Freeholder 
meeting. I join with all her family and friends, as well as the 
grateful residents of Bergen County in thanking her for innumerable 
contributions to our community.

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