[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10531]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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                          EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

                A TRIBUTE TO HONORABLE ALFRED D. COOPER

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 17, 2002

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of the Honorable Alfred D. 
Cooper for his commitment to pursuing justice.
  The Honorable Alfred D. Cooper is a long-standing New York public 
servant. After receiving his bachelor's degree in History and Political 
Science from Brooklyn College, Judge Cooper served in the United States 
Army. He later received a Masters Degree from the Brooklyn College 
Graduate School and a law degree from the Columbus School of Law at the 
Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
  Judge Cooper has served in the Unified Court System of New York for 
more than twenty-five years. He started as a Uniformed Court Officer 
and rose through the ranks to Senior Court Attorney. In 1999, he became 
the first African American elected to the Nassau County Court as a 
Democrat.
  Prior to ascending to the bench, Judge Cooper served as the president 
of the Men's Caucus for Congressman Towns, president of the District 
Court Arbitrators' Association, vice-president of finance and vice 
chairperson of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, Inc. He has 
received awards from the Amistad Bar Association, and the 2000 Man of 
the Year Award from the Bedford-Stuyvesant Lions. He has also published 
a number of decisions in the New York Law Journal exemplifying another 
aspect of his fine record of service.
  Mr. Speaker, the Honorable Alfred D. Cooper has shown outstanding 
dedication to the community. I hope that all my colleagues will join me 
in honoring this remarkable person.

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