[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27898]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF MORRIS FEIN

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                         HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 17, 2009

  Mr. ACKERMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the 100th 
birthday of Morris Fein on Saturday, November 28, 2009.
  Morris Fein is more than a friend; he is an inspiration and a living 
testament to the American Dream.
  Frank and Kate Feintuch migrated from Poland and arrived at Ellis 
Island aboard the Polonia in 1911 with two-year-old Morris. A product 
of the New York City public school system, Morris began his education 
at PS 13 and graduated from Stuyesant High School at the age of 16. 
Becoming the first member in his family to graduate both high school 
and college, Morris obtained his Bachelors Degree in History from the 
City College of New York and graduated with a commission as Second 
Lieutenant of the ROTC.
  In 1936, Morris met and married Vera Rothman, with whom he celebrated 
his seventy-second wedding anniversary in 2008 before her passing. 
Morris and Vera lived in Astoria, Queens, in a one-bedroom apartment. 
They not only raised their three children--Sheldon, Benjamin and 
Roselyn--there, but Morris also operated his tax practice from the 
apartment on the weekends. In 1954, the family moved to a three-bedroom 
single-family home in Flushing, Queens.
  To support his family, Morris worked in excess of sixty hours per 
week, holding at minimum three jobs at any given time. For over 40 
years he served as an Investigator/Inspector for the New York State 
Department of Agriculture, spearheading many investigations of major 
consequence in the Jewish and secular communities throughout New York 
State.
  Through out his life, Morris has always strongly identified with his 
Jewish heritage. A strong believer in ``giving back'' to the community, 
he played a vital role in creating and maintaining the Queensborough 
Hill Jewish Center, a house of worship and education for his community. 
He served as a member of the Executive Board and Board of Trustees, 
including President and Treasurer, at the Synagogue. He also served as 
the long-term Financial Secretary and then President of the Hrubishower 
Sick & Benevolent Society; and was a member of the Queensborough Hill 
Synagogues Men's Club.
  After suffering a hip injury in 2002, Morris and his wife moved to an 
independent living facility in Huntington Terrace, NY, where he 
currently resides. A member of the South Huntington Jewish Center in 
Melville, he serves as President of the ``Residents Board'' at 
Huntington Terrace/Brandywine Senior Living.
  Morris will be celebrating his 100th birthday with his children, 
Sheldon, Benjamin and his wife Judy Sharmat, Roselyn and her husband 
Edward Rudofsky; with his grandchildren and their spouses, Lee 
Rudofksy, Gayle Rudofsky, Steven Fein, Leonard Fein, Dr. Samual 
Sharmat, Soraya, Juliana and Alissa; and with his great grandchildren, 
Ethan Fein, Jim Fein, and Sophia Sharmat.
  Madam Speaker, I call on all my colleagues in the House of 
Representatives to rise and join me now in extending our 
congratulations to Morris Fein on the grand occasion of his 100th 
birthday.

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