International Human Rights Award in Normandy, France; one of only two Americans to ever do so, with the speech "The Road To Justice and Peace." On September 30, 2014, the Raymond J. Lesniak Experience, Strength and Hope Recovery High School on the Kean University campus was inaugurated, New Jersey's first recovery high school, a program designed for youths battling drug and alcohol addiction. Lesniak, who championed the creation of the program has sponsored legislation to start similar schools in New Jersey. Election history References External links District 20 Webpage Senator Lesniak's legislative webpage , New Jersey Legislature New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 New Jersey Senate Democrats biography of Senator Lesniak |- |- |- 1946 births Living people 21st-century American politicians American politicians of Polish descent Candidates in the 2017 United States elections Converts to Protestantism from Roman Catholicism Democratic Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly New Jersey lawyers Democratic Party New Jersey state senators Politicians from Elizabeth, New Jersey Rutgers University alumni St. John's University (New York City) alumni