[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 18, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING VIRGINIA STEWART

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 18, 2013

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, Virginia Stewart has led a full and 
productive life with a career in the health care system starting with 
her cum laude degree from the College of New Rochelle in Health 
Administration.
  She was a community outreach worker at Harlem Hospital, the 
neighborhood where she was born, and was promoted to Assistant Director 
and then Administrator for Family Planning and Women's Health 
Initiatives. In time she became Director of Outpatient Services for the 
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology until her retirement in 1991.
  In 1971 she had moved to Co-op City and for the past 27 years has 
been a member of the Goodwill Baptist Church where she is Secretary of 
the Usher Board. In retirement she has not stopped becoming a community 
activist and an active member of several Co-op City community 
organizations. She has also become involved in polities, being elected 
several times as a Judicial Delegate for the 82nd Assembly District, 
and is currently an Election monitor for that District.
  Among her many activities at Co-op City was Treasurer and Publicist 
of the Retirees of Dreiser Loop, as well as the second women president 
in the group's 40 year history, now in her second term.
  She is a member of the Harriet Tubman Democratic Club, and served for 
several years as its Recording Secretary. She is also a member of the 
Co-op City and Williamsbridge Branches of the NAACP, the National 
Organization of AARP, and the Coalition of African American Churches 
and Community Organizations.
  She and her husband Kenneth married in 1951 and have four children.
  Virginia Stewart is that godsend to a community, someone who is 
caring and active in its many organizations. I am proud to join with 
the people and organizations of Co-op City in honoring her for her many 
contributions to her community and the people in it.

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