[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           IN HONOR OF DR. PETER A. KURZBERG OF BRAINTREE, MA

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                         HON. STEPHEN F. LYNCH

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 15, 2013

  Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Dr. Peter A. 
Kurzberg in recognition of his outstanding contribution to public 
education and his twenty-two years of leadership in the Braintree, MA 
School District.
  Peter was born and raised in Springfield, MA. The son of Holocaust 
survivors, he was the first generation of his family born in the United 
States. He graduated from Classical High School in 1965. Subsequently, 
he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education and 
Child Development from Goddard College.
  Peter began his teaching career as a special needs teacher in East 
Hartford, CT, where he also served as Vice-President of the East 
Hartford Education Association. He continued his education while 
teaching and received his Master of Science degree in Special Education 
from Central Connecticut State College. After five years of teaching, 
Peter attended the University of Iowa where he earned his Education 
Specialist degree (Ed.S) in Special Education and his Doctorate (Ph.D) 
in Educational Administration.
  While attending graduate school in Iowa, Peter worked as a special 
education consultant and secured his administrative position as 
Coordinator of Special Education for the Grant Wood Area Education 
Agency assigned to Iowa City.
  Mister Speaker, Peter returned to Massachusetts in 1981 as the 
Director of Special Needs and later the Director of Instructional 
Programs for the Freetown-Lakeville Public Schools where he served for 
five years. Subsequently, he was hired as Assistant Superintendent for 
the Barnstable Public Schools and served in that capacity until 1991 
when he assumed the position of Superintendent of the Braintree Public 
Schools. He has served with distinction for twenty-two years.
  During his career, Peter has served as president of both the Old 
Colony and South Shore Superintendents Roundtable. He is a current 
member of the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Association of 
School Superintendents, and he has served as Chairman of the Board for 
the South Shore Educational Collaborative. He is a past President of 
the Braintree Rotary Club and is currently the President of Temple 
B'Nai Shalom in Braintree.
  Mr. Speaker, Peter has had the good fortune to be married to Karen 
for thirty years, and they are the proud parents of two sons, Marc and 
Daniel.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct honor to take the floor of the House 
today to join with Dr. Peter A. Kurzberg's family, friends, and 
contemporaries to thank him for forty-two years of dedicated service to 
public education, and especially express our gratitude for twenty-two 
years of inspired leadership of the Braintree Public Schools.

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