[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 26396]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



         HONORING DR. LOU PULLANO, BROOKDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 6, 2000

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize the achievements 
of my constituent and friend, Dr. Lou Pullano, Ed.D, of Long Branch, 
N.J. Lou is retiring from Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, N.J., 
after 28 years of outstanding service as a professor and administrator.
  Lou has made many remarkable contributions to the local and 
educational communities of Monmouth County over the course of his 
career. Perhaps his most outstanding achievement and lasting 
contribution is the creation of the Brookdale College Radio Station, 
WBJB 90.5 FM. This small station has grown in listenership and is now 
recognized as a leading model for school-sponsored stations. In fact, I 
understand it is now broadcasting with National Public Radio.
  Lou's career at Brookdale has been varied and far-reaching, thereby 
accounting for the tremendous love and respect in which he is held by 
thousands of students, current and former. For many years, he was a 
faculty member and professor of Communications Media and became 
director of Arts Communications, which included the departments of 
Music, Arts, Graphics, Theater and Speech.
  In addition, he was more recently named Brookdale Director of 
Telecommunication Technologies, which includes radio and cable 
television broadcasts, and in charge of the Performing Arts Center at 
Brookdale. Now, upon his retirement, he is also in charge of Distance 
Education Programs.
  Lou is among those who have made Brookdale Community College the 
educational gem that it is among community colleges in New Jersey and 
across the country.
  I know I speak for all the students past and present at Brookdale, as 
well as the community of Long Branch and the County of Monmouth, when I 
wish Lou well in his retirement and thank him for his many years of 
outstanding and dedicated service.

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