2001
Senator John R. Kuhl, Jr., receives the Frederick L. Zimmermann Award from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission in recognition of his outstanding leadership in the New York State Senate in promoting interstate cooperation and watershed management, protecting the Upper Susquehanna and Chemung River watersheds, and enhancing the region's economic development.
Senator Kuhl has been a member of the New York State Senate since 1986, representing the 52nd Senatorial District, which is comprised of Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben and Yates Counties and portions of Ontario and Tompkins Counties. Senator Kuhl currently Chairs the Committee on Education and is a member of many other standing and select committees. He began his legislative career in 1980, when he served three consecutive terms in the State Assembly. Senator Kuhl's present and past legislative, professional and community involvement include:
Legislative
• Chairman, Senate Education Committee
• Past Chairman (1987 to 1999), Senate Agriculture Committee
• Member, Senate Standing Committees, including: Agriculture; Commerce, Economic
Development and Small Business; Finance; Higher Education; Transportation; Crime
Victims; and Crime and Corrections
• Member, Senate Select Committees, including Interstate Cooperation; National
Conference of State Legislatures Assembly on State Issues and Federal Issues; and
Council of State Governments' Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
Professional
• Attorney, office in Bath, New York
• Member, New York State and Steuben County Bar Associations
• Member, American Arbitration Association
Appointments and Civic Activities
• Member, Advisory Committee, Steuben Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America
• Member, Executive Committee, Steuben County Republican Committee
• Member, Bath Rod and Gun Club
• President, Board of Directors, Reginald Wood Scouting Memorial
• Member, Board of Directors, Alliance for Manufacturing and Technology
• Past State Chairman, American Legislative Exchange Council
• Past Vice Chairman, National Conference of State Legislatures Wine Industry
Task Force
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