[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6327]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING SISTER FRANCESCA ONLEY, PH.D.

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 28, 2014

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, Sister Francesca Onley, Ph.D., served 
as president of Holy Family University for 32 years--from 1981 to 
2014--and is widely recognized as an outstanding and effective 
administrator. She was the driving force behind the expansion of the 
institution in northeast Philadelphia, while maintaining the integrity 
of its educational philosophy and academic programs. Scholar, educator, 
innovator, and astute businesswoman, Sister Francesca guided Holy 
Family to its University status in 2002, expanded enrollment and grew 
the endowment fund from thousands to $16 million in 33 years. Sister 
Francesca also attained leadership positions in many educational 
associations, including charter president of the Southeastern 
Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education, the prestigious 
International Association of University Presidents, and the United 
Nations Commission on Disarmament Education, Conflict Resolution and 
Peace. She addressed the commission's goal to nurture concepts of peace 
through education, organizing peace conferences in areas of conflict, 
establishing outreach programs in Africa, and integrating technology 
into the teaching of English. In 2012, she was named Chair Emerita. 
Sister Francesca is honored today for a life of faith, grace, and 
achievement. Her family of friends and associates look forward to the 
future accomplishments of a most remarkable woman.

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