LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Ronald Lehrer upon the occasion of
his designation by the Association of Orthodox Jewish Teachers as the
recipient of its Educational Alliance Award on April 25, 2010

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and
commend illustrious individuals of distinguished purpose whose lives
have been committed to the pursuit of excellence in the education of the
youth of the Empire State; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern and fully in accord with its long-
standing traditions, it is the intent of this Legislative Body to
commend Dr. Ronald Lehrer upon the occasion of his designation by the
Association of Orthodox Jewish Teachers of the New York City Public
Schools as the recipient of its Educational Alliance Award; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Ronald Lehrer, Associate Dean and Chair, Graduate Studies
in Education and Special Education, Touro College Graduate School of
Education, will be honored at the organization's 40th Annual Luncheon,
to be held at The Renaissance in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday, April
25, 2010; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Ronald Lehrer has been an administrator of education
programs at Touro for 12 years, prior to which he taught for 15 years in
the Master of Science degree program in teaching emotionally disturbed
children at Brooklyn College; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Lehrer holds a number of undergraduate and graduate
degrees in the fields of education and social work; he received his
bachelor's degree from Hunter College with a major in music and a
concentration in education; he has a master's degree in special educa-
tion from Brooklyn College, and a Master of Social Work degree from
Hunter College; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Lehrer earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from New
York University in Clinical Social Work and was a practicing psychother-
apist for 25 years before devoting himself full-time to teaching in and
the administration of graduate programs at Touro; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Lehrer began his 40-year career in education as an
assistant summer school teacher in the early days of the Head Start
Program, an experience which was followed by seven years with the New
York City Department of Education as a teacher of special education,
Kindergarten-Age 21; and
WHEREAS, During these years, Dr. Lehrer helped create a model primary
school program for children with and without special needs, ranging from
gifted and talented students to students with moderate and severe disa-
bilities; his experience at the school demonstrated to him that with the
appropriate human and fiscal resources "inclusion," a term not yet
embraced by educators at the time, could succeed and benefit all
students involved; and
WHEREAS, This experience shaped Dr. Lehrer's approach to teaching
special education in today's society; students studying at Touro College
are taught how inclusion can work and how to develop attainable goals
for all students regardless of their learning differences and disabili-
ties; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Lehrer has published numerous scholarly works; he was an
editor and contributor to NIETZSCHE AND DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY (1999) and his
articles on psychotherapy and related topics have been published in
several prominent and highly respected periodicals and other publica-
tions; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when individ-
uals of such accomplishment are brought to our attention it is appropri-

ate to publicly proclaim and commend them for the edification and
emulation of others; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Dr. Ronald Lehrer upon the occasion of his designation as the
recipient of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Teachers' Educational
Alliance Award on April 25, 2010; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Dr. Ronald Lehrer.