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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING DR. PHIL ZARLENGO FOR RECEIVING THE "2017 AARP RHODE

ISLAND ANDRUS AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE"

     Introduced By: Representatives Ruggiero, Shekarchi, Morgan, Ajello, and Lancia

     Date Introduced: January 30, 2018

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The AARP's "Andrus Award" is given annually at the state level to those

who volunteer their time to improve and enhance the lives of the residents in their community;

and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Phil Zarlengo is a native of Chicopee, Massachusetts. He graduated

from UMass Amherst with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science, Brown University with a

Master’s degree in History, from the University of Connecticut with a Doctorate in Management

and Evaluation, and attained a Certificate in Public Affairs from Tufts University; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Zarlengo's exemplary professional career encompasses numerous

accomplishments. He was the Executive Director of Brown University's National Education

Research Lab, and developed new models for teacher and school program evaluations for use

across the nation. He served as an administrator for the Rhode Island Department of Education

and the Providence School Department where he monitored state and local programs for special

population children. He currently serves as the CEO of his own management consulting firm

which evaluates and seeks ways to improve school programs for low achieving students in urban

schools. He is also a member of the ACE Charter School Board of Directors; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Zarlengo served as AARP Rhode Island's first State President, where he

helped hire and develop the original state staff. He was later selected to serve on the AARP

National Board and served as Board Chair before stepping down in 2012. During his more than

fourteen years of volunteer service, he was a tireless advocate for the protection of Americans

aged 50 and older, a passionate defender of Social Security and Medicare, and a committed voice

in support of improving health care quality and access to all Americans; and

     WHEREAS, In the words of the AARP, Dr. Zarlengo was chosen to receive the 2017

AARP Rhode Island Andrus Award for Community Service, AARP’s most prestigious award, in

honor of his "remarkable service, which has greatly benefited Rhode Islanders, supporting

AARP's vision and mission, and inspiring other volunteers." State Director Kathleen Connell has

said that Dr. Zarlengo "was our guiding light when asked to assist in organizing the first AARP

Rhode Island State Office" and that “his advice was invaluable and his commitment

extraordinary"; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Zarlengo currently resides in Jamestown with his wife Charlotte. They

are the parents of Nancy Gilbert, and her husband Michael, and are the grandparents of Jeffrey,

Elizabeth and Abigail; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Dr. Phil Zarlengo on receiving the "2017 AARP

Rhode Island Andrus award for Community Service"; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Dr. Phil Zarlengo.

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