[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17825-17826]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING DR. AARON R. GRAHAM ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                         HON. STEVEN R. ROTHMAN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 17, 2010

  Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
one of my constituents, Dr. Aaron R. Graham, who is the Bergen 
Executive County Superintendent of Schools. Dr. Graham should be 
congratulated on his retirement for a job well done and celebrated for 
over 40 years of public service as an educator.
  Dr. Graham received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from North 
Carolina Central University and received his Masters of Science in 
Education from the University of Akron. He earned his Doctorate of 
Education in Administration and Supervision from Fordham University. He 
has also completed postgraduate studies at Montclair State University 
and the State University of New York.
  Dr. Graham began his educational career as a Science Teacher in the 
National Teachers Corps and Public Schools in Akron, Ohio. He has 
taught students on every level from pre-school through graduate school. 
In New Jersey, his career experience includes: Science Teacher in 
Palisades Park Junior-Senior High School; Educational Specialist and 
Educational Planner for the New Jersey State Department of Education; 
District Project Director and Assistant Director of Curriculum and 
Instruction at New Jersey City University. He has lectured at several 
colleges and has presented at the University Council for Educational 
Administration Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona.
  Bergen County is the largest county in New Jersey with over 895,000 
residents and more than 135,000 students. As Bergen Executive

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County Superintendent, Dr. Graham supervises the county's 78 school 
districts and nearly 300 schools. In this capacity he has provided 
educational leadership to school leaders and staff members on strategic 
issues, student achievement, program improvement, fiscal review, 
curriculum and professional development. He has provided leadership in 
building positive relationships between and among school boards, 
administrators, staff, students, parents, and communities.
  In 2002, Dr. Graham received a Congressional Citation for Excellence 
in Educational Reform and Leadership. In 2003, he received the first 
Bergen County Leadership Award from the Bergen County Association of 
School Administrators. In 2005, the New Jersey Congress of Parents and 
Teachers awarded Dr. Graham lifetime membership, and in 2006, he 
received a 50th Anniversary Honoree Award from Bergen Catholic High 
School. Dr. Graham serves on the National Faculty of the National 
Principals Leadership Institute and served as the President of New 
Jersey Council of Education from 2008 to 2009.
  Madam Speaker, I know that my colleagues will join with me in 
honoring Dr. Aaron Graham for his fourteen years of service to Bergen 
County, New Jersey and on his retirement as one of America's finest 
educators.

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