[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 99 (Thursday, July 11, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S5665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO CYNTHIA M.A. BUTLER-McINTYRE

  Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, my friend, Mrs. Cynthia M.A. Butler 
McIntyre, will be retiring her role as the national president of Delta 
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, this year. She has served as president since 
July 2008, and has been a great asset to the organization.
  Mrs. McIntyre became a member of Delta Sigma Theta on November 30, 
1973, and has served as a leader at the local, State, regional, and 
national levels. Mrs. McIntyre has an impressive professional resume 
that includes director of Human Resources for the Jefferson Parish 
Public School System in Harvey, LA, kindergarten teacher, assistant 
principal, summer school principal, and personnel administrator in her 
school district.
  Her professional and honorary degrees reflect her passion for 
education. She received a bachelor of arts in early childhood education 
from Dillard University and a master of education in curriculum and 
instruction as well as educational administration from the University 
of New Orleans. She also received an honorary doctorate of divinity 
degree in religious education from the Louisiana Bible College.
  Under the leadership of Mrs. McIntyre, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority has 
partnered with Water in Education International, WEI, to open The 
Cynthia M.A. Butler-McIntyre Campus in Cherette, Haiti which is 
dedicated to providing access to clean water for children. Members of 
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority have donated funds to support the Clean 
Water Haiti Fund and under Mrs. McIntyre's direction, the sorority is 
set to open a new elementary school in Haiti this summer.
  Mrs. McIntyre is a national leader who currently serves on the board 
of the New Orleans Convention Center and the Martin Luther King, Jr. 
Task Force. Previously, she served as executive director of the Tech-
Prep Summer Program at Delgado Community College in New Orleans and has 
worked as the assistant coordinator of field experiences and college 
education supervisor for early childhood student teaching experiences 
for the University of New Orleans. In 2011, she was appointed by 
President Barack Obama to the Christopher Columbus Fellowship 
Foundation board of trustees.
  Delta Sigma Theta Sorority has truly benefitted from Mrs. McIntyre's 
leadership as a pioneer of education reform. Her accolades include 
Distinguished Delta of the Year, Distinguished Public Servant Award, 
MLK Outstanding Activist Recognition, Hall of Fame, Distinguished Women 
of Honor, Who's Who in American Education, YMCA Role Model Recognition, 
Elementary Assistant Principal of the Year, and Teacher of the Year, 
just to name a few.
  Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will have big shoes to fill in the absence 
of their president, Mrs. McIntyre. She has made invaluable 
contributions to the state of education, and her uncompromised 
leadership has impacted communities, nationally and internationally. I 
wish her continued success for the future.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

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