[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 31343-31344]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   A TRIBUTE TO GILLEYAN J. HARGROVE

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 10, 2009

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Gilleyan J. 
Hargrove.
  Gilleyan was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She received her early 
education at the public schools of Brooklyn, New York. Her education 
continued at Syracuse University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts 
in Sociology and African American Studies in 1989. Gilleyan then 
attended graduate school at Binghamton University of New York, 
receiving a Master's of Science in Education in 1991. She received her 
administration and supervision license from the College of Saint Rose 
in 2002.

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  Gilleyan has always had a love for school and learning new things. 
She has been an educator for 18 years beginning her work as an 
elementary school teacher at Community School 21 in Brooklyn and then 
as an assistant principal at the Program for Pregnant Students in 
Brooklyn. Gilleyan currently serves as principal at the Granville T. 
Woods Middle School for Science and Technology in Crown Heights, 
Brooklyn, where providing students with access to a quality education 
and a safe environment remains a priority. Gilleyan believes as an 
educator she has a charge to keep and a God to glorify.
  Gilleyan also is a proud lifetime member of Delta Sigma Theta 
Sorority, Inc. She is married to Eric M. Hargrove and they have two 
children, a daughter, Brianne Ashley and son, Tyler Robert.
  Following in the spiritual foundation set before her by her late 
grandmother Mary Rose Blowe Couch and mother, Elaine Couch Hinds, 
Gilleyan has served God for 30 years as a member of Wayside Baptist 
Church, where her spiritual father and mentor, the late Pastor Joe L. 
Parker, taught her how to love the Lord. Currently, Gilleyan is a 
member of Bethlehem Baptist Church where her Pastor is Reverend Larry 
W. Camp.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing 
Gilleyan J. Hargrove.

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