[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21148]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       DR. MARY E. HINES HONORED

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 16, 2002

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call the attention of the 
House of Representatives to the selection of Dr. Mary E. Hines as 2002 
Community Leader of the Year by the Northeast Branch of the Arthritis 
Foundation. Dr. Hines will be honored with a dinner on October 17.
  Dr. Hines has served as the campus executive officer for Penn State's 
Wilkes-Barre campus since July, 1997. During her time in Wilkes-Barre, 
she has been very involved in the community, serving as a member of 
numerous organizations, including the Children's Services Center Blue 
Ribbon Task Force, the Pocono Region Advisory Board for Ben Franklin 
Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania and on the boards of 
the Ethics Institute of Northeast Pennsylvania, the YMCA, the Kirby 
Center, Family Services of the Wyoming Valley, the Family Care 
Consortium, and the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce and the 
Chamber of Business and Industry. While serving on the Chamber board, 
she chaired its Ethics Committee, which conducted several programs on 
business ethics.
  Dr. Hines currently serves on the board of Leadership Wilkes-Barre, 
where she chaired the Executive Leadership Committee for two years and 
continues to serve on the Executive Leadership Series Committee, the 
Nominating Committee and the Mentor Committee. She has also recently 
joined the Professional Women's Advisory Council.
  In addition, Mr. Speaker, Dr. Hines chairs the 15-member group known 
as the Northeast Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities, 
co-chairs the Education Task Force of NE PA Alliance, and is the past 
chair of the Luzerne County Council of Presidents, on which she 
continues to serve. She is a member of the Regional Steering Committee 
of the state ``Stay, Invent the Future'' initiative and the Executive 
Committee for the regional collaborative grant to attract and retain 
young people in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
  At the national level, Dr. Hines has served on the American Council 
of Education Fellows' Executive Board and participated at the Kellogg 
Foundation Roundtable for Higher Education Leaders and Chairs of 
Education Committees of the U.S. Congress. She is regularly called upon 
to speak about educational, ethical and economic development issues to 
business and community organizations.
  Dr. Hines' academic degrees are in philosophy. She graduated first in 
her class and summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts from St. Francis 
College in New York, where she also received the College's Ethics 
Award, and she received a National Fellowship to pursue her master of 
arts and doctorate, which were both awarded by the Catholic University 
of America in Washington.
  Before coming to Penn State, Dr. Hines held faculty and 
administrative positions at Dundalk Community College and Catonsville 
Community College in Maryland and was the recipient of multiple awards 
and honors. She has also served as an adjunct faculty member in 
philosophy at several private colleges in Maryland.
  Dr. Hines and her husband, Kenneth, live in Dallas, Pennsylvania. 
They have four children: Sean, Kevin, Kathleen and Brendan.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to call to the attention of the House of 
Representatives the achievements and service to the community of Dr. 
Mary E. Hines, and I wish her all the best.

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