Mr. Speaker. I rise today to recognize Mrs. Dorothy "Dot" Peterson as she celebrates her 100th birthday this year. It is my honor to join with her family and friends in marking this incredible milestone and wishing her many more years of health and happiness. Born in Brooklyn. New York on May 15. 1915. Dot was the sixth of eight children. Her parents. Hannah and Kristian Nilson. had immigrated to the United States from Norway. In 1919. their family moved to North Long Branch. New Jersey where Dot spent most of her childhood. She graduated from Long Branch High School in 1931 and earned her teaching degree from Newark Normal School (now Kean University) in 1935.
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