[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 22479-22480]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING DR. JUDITH RODIN

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                           HON. CHAKA FATTAH

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 5, 2006

  Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Judith Rodin, a 
native Philadelphian

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and former President of the University of Pennsylvania, and to 
congratulate her on receiving the 2006 Gold Medal Award from the 
Pennsylvania Society. In her decade long tenure leading the University, 
Dr. Rodin demonstrated a strong commitment to the Greater Philadelphia 
region and the West Philadelphia neighborhood in which the University 
is located. She has proven herself not only an asset to the academic 
community but more broadly to the City of Philadelphia.
  As an established social psychologist, Dr. Rodin has contributed much 
to our knowledge of pressing social issues and has been instrumental in 
bringing women's health concerns and behavioral health issues more 
generally to the forefront. The first female president of an Ivy League 
institution, she has opened doors for young women across the country 
and it is with Dr. Rodin's leadership that Penn saw a period of 
remarkable growth and development strengthening and transforming the 
University's academic core.
  In keeping with her commitment to the common good, she currently 
serves as President of the Rockefeller Foundation and works to advance 
that organization's mission of alleviating global poverty. It is a 
privilege for me to recognize Dr. Rodin and her work. I congratulate 
her on the receipt of this prestigious honor.

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