[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9042]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING SUKANYA ROY

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                            HON. TOM MARINO

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 13, 2011

  Mr. MARINO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of my constituent, 
Miss Sukanya Roy, to celebrate her victory in the Scripps National 
Spelling Bee. Sue, as she is more commonly known, is currently an 
eighth grader at Abington Heights Middle School. She lives in South 
Abington Township with her father Abhi Roy, a professor at Scranton 
University, and her mother Mousumi Roy, a professor at the Pennsylvania 
State University.
  Sue is an avid member of her school's Ecology Club and plays the 
violin in the school orchestra. Outside of academia, Sue enjoys indoor 
rock climbing, ice skating, and playing the piano. She is also fluent 
in Bengali and keeps in touch with her heritage by traveling to India 
every summer.
  This was the third consecutive year that Sue participated in the 
National Spelling Bee, having finished in the top twenty in previous 
years. This year Sue said she knew every word and did not guess once. 
Sue was crowned this year's champion after correctly spelling 
``CYMOTRICHOUS,'' a word of Greek origin relating to having wavy hair.
  Although she is just about to enter high school, Sue wants to pursue 
a career in International Relations and hopes to bring an end to world 
poverty and hunger.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Sukanya Roy and ask my colleagues 
to join me in praising her achievement as the 84th Scripps National 
Spelling Bee Champion.

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