In October 6 2011

Dr. Sungbae Ju was honored for his Lifelong Achievements In The Performing Arts

by Hon. Steven R. Rothman

of New Jersey

in The House Of Representatives

text from official government website

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2011-10-06/html/CREC-2011-10-06-pt1-PgE1794-2.htm

HONORING DR. SUNGBAE JU FOR HIS LIFELONG ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PERFORMING

ARTS

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HON. STEVEN R. ROTHMAN

of new jersey

in the house of representatives

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr.

Sungbae Ju, for his exemplary public service and devotion to the

performing arts.

Dr. Sungbae Ju is the President of both the Garden State Opera and

The Figaro Group, and is an accomplished musician. He holds a Masters

Degree from the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, a Doctoral

Degree from the Yeshua Theological Seminary and an Honorary Doctor

Degree from the Universidad Christiana De Bolivia. He has experienced

unmatched levels of professional success, including performances at

notable New York and New Jersey performances venues such as Carnegie

Hall, Lincoln Center, and the New Jersey and Bergen Performing Arts

Centers. He has also performed in operas including ``The Barber of

Seville'' and ``Rigoletto'' with singers from the Metropolitan Opera.

Dr. Ju and his family are members of the New Jersey State Opera, and

are widely renowned and respected for their numerous recitals to

benefit worthy causes throughout the nation. Dr. Ju has always tried to

use music as a tool for improving and developing communities. With that

in mind, Dr. Ju and others formed the Garden State Opera, Inc., a non-

profit organization that aims to unify the community with music in

order to aid those in our global community who live without food, hope,

human rights and with the threat of disease, terror, poverty and war.

In addition to the Garden State Opera, Dr. Ju and his family have

volunteered their musical talents and services at over 130 events,

including various holiday concerts and Asian Pacific Islander Heritage

Celebrations at the NJ State Association of Chiefs of Police, NJ State

Police, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Federal Air

Marshal Service in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Labor

Department, Bergen County Public Safety Institute, Honor Legion Police

Department and for many Asian and Korean-American communities.

Dr. Ju is also involved with many other cultural organizations

throughout Bergen County including his positions as Chairman of the

Korean American Day in New Jersey, Event Chairman of Northern-Eastern

Korean Festival at New Overpeck Park, and Board Member of the Multi-

Cultural Committee in the Bergen County Sheriff's Department.

Additionally, he has received a multitude of awards from Members of

Congress, the New Jersey State Senate and General Assembly, the Newark

and New York divisions of the FBI, the DEA in New Jersey, the TSA, the

Federal Air Marshall Service, the U.S. Labor Department, the NJ State

Association of Chiefs of Police, the Bergen County Police Chiefs

Association, the Ambassador of Taiwan Consul General, and the Bergen

County Public Safety Institute.

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to congratulate Dr. Sungbae Ju, and thank

him for his devotion to the performing arts, the Korean-American

community, and the American community at large, both in the great State

of New Jersey and across the Nation.

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