LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Anthony J. Polemeni upon the occa-
sion of his designation by the Association of Orthodox Jewish Teachers
as the recipient of its Higher Education Distinguished Leadership 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. Anthony J. Polemeni 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 Higher Education Distinguished Leader-
ship Award; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Anthony J. Polemeni, Vice President, Graduate Schools of
Education, Psychology, and Social Work, and Dean, School of Education
and Psychology, Touro College, 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. Anthony J. Polemeni has been a distinguished leader in
the field of education for nearly four decades, serving in various
senior administrative and supervisory positions for Touro College, the
New York City Department of Education, the New York State Education
Department, the Glen Cove School System and Mercy College; and
WHEREAS, In his current role as Vice President of the Division of
Graduate Studies (DGS) at Touro College, Dr. Polemeni oversees the oper-
ations of seven graduate schools including Education, Psychology, Jewish
Studies, Social Work, Health Sciences, Business and Technology, and is
supervising the development of doctoral programs for the Schools of
Education, Psychology and Jewish Studies; and
WHEREAS, Previously, Dr. Polemeni served as Dean of the Graduate
School of Education and Psychology at Touro College for seven years;
under his leadership, the Graduate School of Education has grown to
become the second largest in New York State, with its student enrollment
soaring from several hundred to 4,600 and the number of its graduate
programs doubling to ten; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Polemeni is not only accessible to all DGS students,
faculty and administrative staff, but personally reaches out to them to
ensure they are successful; and
WHEREAS, He leads by example, maintaining an open-door policy, and
allowing his deans the creativity and autonomy to develop programs and
explore new initiatives and attributes his success at Touro to treating
DGS students like customers and surrounding himself with dedicated,
accomplished, and caring staff; and
WHEREAS, A graduate of St. Francis College, Brooklyn, with a Bachelor
of Arts degree summa cum laude in Romance Languages, Dr. Polemeni
received a Master of Arts in Romance Philology from Columbia University
and earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree (PH.D.) from St. John's
University in Educational Administration in 1969; and
WHEREAS, With Dr. Polemeni throughout have been his wife of 45 years,
Martha, and their four children and ten grandchildren, all of whom are
proud to be part of his life and rejoice in his achievements; 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. Anthony J. Polemeni upon the occasion of his designation as
the recipient of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Teachers' Higher
Education Distinguished Leadership Award on April 25, 2010; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Dr. Anthony J. Polemeni.