[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 16, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E467]
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                       A TRIBUTE TO SYLVIA SUTTON

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 16, 2013

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our Nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my congressional 
district.
   I would like to recognize an exceptional woman, Sylvia Sutton of 
Burbank, California, who for many years, has been educating our 
community about the Holocaust and other human rights violations.
   Sylvia received her B.A. in Psychology from UCLA and her MBA in 
Marketing and Program Management from West Coast University. Sylvia's 
early community efforts included volunteering on the David Starr Jordan 
Middle School Parent Teacher Association (PTA), and the William 
McKinley Elementary School PTA, where she received an Honorary Life 
Membership Award, and as a Girl Scout Leader.
   Ms. Sutton's volunteer activities have included the American 
Association of University Women (AAUW), Burbank Branch, where she 
served as President, the UCLA Alumni Scholarship Committee, and the 
League of Women Voters, Glendale/Burbank. Currently, she is the liaison 
between the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council and the City of Burbank, 
the Coordinator and Presenter of the annual Burbank Days of Remembrance 
Commemoration of the Holocaust, and has been the presenter of Holocaust 
speakers in the eighth and tenth grade classrooms of every Burbank 
middle and high school since 1991. Sylvia is also a volunteer at the 
Skirball Cultural Center, as well as the Parliamentarian on the Burbank 
Coordinating Council. In addition, she works as the secretary for 
Temple Beth Emet of Burbank.
   Sylvia has received a number of accolades for her extensive 
community service, including the Burbank City 1999 Outstanding Senior 
Volunteer Award, the 1998 Zonta Woman of the Year for Cultural 
Awareness Award, and the 1991 Burbank Human Relations Council 
Distinguished Service Award.
   I ask all Members to join me in honoring a truly remarkable woman of 
California's 28th Congressional District, Sylvia Sutton.

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