E1564 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 19, 2012 awards and accolades, including the pres- operative Education program. They’ve been viduals to learn about environmental issues tigious Sagamore of the Wabash. exposed to unique experiences and unparal- and take action. This news service provides Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in leled knowledge that has prepared them for timely access to relevant information that moti- congratulating Dr. Marcia Goldstone for her successful careers. For one hundred years, vates individuals to become engaged in their outstanding service to the City of Indianapolis. RIT has dedicated itself to providing these community, adopt sustainable practices and Her retirement from the JCRC closes a chap- unique learning opportunities, and helped to support strong environmental policy. ter on an impressive career. She has been an prepare America’s next generation for years of In addition to the website, EcoWatch’s Next extraordinary friend and adviser both to me success to come. Generation program encourages students to and to my grandmother, the late Congress- Today I stand with Representatives HOCHUL be good stewards of the planet by providing woman Julia Carson. I wish her the very best and REED to congratulate the Rochester Insti- free copies of the EcoWatch Journal to teach- and look forward to working with the JCRC of tute of Technology on its 100th anniversary of ers of grades 6–12. Indianapolis for many years to come. enriching countless students through Coopera- On Friday, September 14, 2012, EcoWatch f tive Education. I ask my colleagues to join me will be celebrating its Fourth Annual Green in celebration of this momentous occasion. Gala at Cleveland, Ohio’s Rock n’ Roll Hall of CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF COOP- Fame and Museum. The event will feature the f ERATIVE EDUCATION AT THE Blue Sky Riders, which is comprised of musi- ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF HONORING THE FRANCO cians Kenny Loggins, Georgia Middleman and TECHNOLOGY AMERICAN WAR VETERANS Gary Burr. Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me HON. LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD in recognizing EcoWatch, a group dedicated to uniting and giving a voice to grassroots envi- OF NEW YORK OF MAINE ronmentalists. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Wednesday, September 19, 2012 RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENTS Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, It is my es- Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF REVEREND DOCTOR WAL- teemed honor to celebrate the Rochester Insti- recognize the Franco American War Veterans LACE S. HARTSFIELD, SR. tute of Technology’s 100th year of Coopera- (FAWV) on their 80th Anniversary, and Post tive Education. I am joined by the Honorable 31 of Lewiston, Maine on their 25th Anniver- KATHY HOCHUL and the Honorable TOM REED sary. HON. EMANUEL CLEAVER OF MISSOURI as we congratulate the Rochester Institute of In early 1932, veterans of World War I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Technology (RIT). RIT is home to our nation’s began meeting in Massachusetts to establish fourth oldest established Cooperative Edu- a veteran’s organization for veterans of French Wednesday, September 19, 2012 cation Program. Cooperative Education pro- decent. They gathered signatures and were Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, I proudly rise vides students with the opportunity to enrich granted a charter by the Commonwealth of today in recognition of the achievements of their traditional higher education experience by Massachusetts. In the succeeding years, posts Reverend Doctor Wallace S. Hartsfield, Sr. a alternating periods of full-time study with peri- were formed around Massachusetts, and minister, dedicated community activist, vet- ods of full-time, for credit, paid employment quickly expanded to Rhode Island, Con- eran, civil servant, compassionate role model, appropriate to their educational and career necticut, New Hampshire, and Maine. and a member of the Fifth District of Missouri, goals. It is a true testament to the progressive- This year, Post 31 of Lewiston, Maine cele- which I am deeply honored to represent. Doc- ness of Rochester region to be home to this brates its 25th Anniversary. Post 31 is an inte- tor Hartsfield was born in Atlanta, GA and at longstanding educational program. gral part of the Lewiston/Auburn community. an early age the family moved to Jacksonville, Established in 1912, RIT’s Cooperative Edu- Members of the Post have served as national FL, where he received his element. and sec- cation has grown to be nationally recognized officers in FAWV, and as leaders in the com- ondary education, graduating from Stanton as one of the nation’s top programs by U.S. munity. Among their many accomplishments, High School. News and World Report and the Office of Co- members of Post 31, through their work on the After a three-year tour of duty in the United operative Education and Career Services. RIT L/A Veterans’ Council, helped establish and States Armed Services, he entered Clark Col- offers one of the largest programs in the world maintain the Veterans’ Park in Lewiston and lege in Atlanta, GA and graduated with a with more than 3,800 students completing helped convince the Department of Veterans’ Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Edu- nearly 5,800 quarterly work assignments with Affairs to locate its new community based out- cation with minors in Religion and Psychology. more than 2,000 employer partners throughout patient clinic in Lewiston. In addition, the Post He was listed in Who’s Who in American Col- the U.S. and in 40 other countries around the 31 Color Guard participates in many cere- leges and Universities in his Junior and Senior world each year. monies each year, and their presence helps Years. In September 1954 he entered Gam- In the Cooperative Education program, RIT enhance the ceremony. mon Theological Seminary from which he encourages students to explore their interests Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratu- graduated with Degrees of Bachelor and Mas- through hands-on experience while they are lating the Franco American War Veterans on ters of Divinity. still working towards their degree. By providing their 80th Anniversary and Post 31 of Lewis- Dr. Hartsfield has held pastorates in Pick- students with the opportunity to experience ton, Maine, on their 25th Anniversary. ens, SC; Brunswick, GA Bartow, FL; Kansas their field of interest outside the classroom, f City, MO; and Wichita, KS. Upon the request RIT’s graduates are better equipped to enter of Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church of full-time jobs and thrive. IN RECOGNITION OF ECOWATCH Kansas City, MO, Dr. Hartsfield returned to Cooperative Education is a required compo- assume the pastorate for the second time in nent in several of RIT’s colleges including the HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH 1972 and served until December of 2007 as Kate Gleason College of Engineering, the OF OHIO Senior Pastor, He retired having served 41 Golisano College of Computing and Informa- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years as Pastor of Metropolitan Missionary tion Sciences, The Saunders College of Busi- Baptist Church. Doctor Hartsfield now holds Wednesday, September 19, 2012 ness, and the College of Applied Science and the title of Pastor Emeritus, and his son, Wal- Technology. Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in lace II, was appointed Senior Pastor. Through Cooperative Education programs, honor of EcoWatch, a non-profit organization This week, Dr. Hartsfield is to be inducted our universities ensure that American students that focuses exclusively on news from the into the Missouri Walk of Fame during a re- are trained in best practices and have in-depth grassroots environmentalist movement. ception as part of the Congressional Black knowledge of the cutting edge technologies of Founded in 2006 by Stefanie Penn Spear, Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Con- today’s global world. RIT’s program and others EcoWatch is a Cleveland-based non-profit or- ference, an event held to honor the achieve- like it are crucial to ensuring that the next gen- ganization dedicated to uniting the voice of the ments of African-Americans who have made eration of American professionals can com- grassroots environmental movement on their significant contributions to Missouri and the pete and win in a globalized world. website, EcoWatch.org. The EcoWatch nation. Because of his sage understanding of Through the support of RIT faculty and ad- website is a dedicated and neutral platform for the ills and gifts of the people in the urban ministration, countless students have ex- nearly 1,000 grassroots environmental organi- core, he is frequently called the ‘‘Godfather’’ of panded their knowledge and skills in the Co- zations that helps transform the ability of indi- the African-Ameitan community.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:38 Sep 20, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A19SE8.027 E19SEPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS September 19, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1565 He is the Vice President-at-Large of the Na- organizations. Retiring to Sarasota with his tion specialist and his engineering expertise tional Baptist Convention of America, Inc., wife Isbelle in 1984, Herb has been active in earned him a career assignment as the Exec- Past President of the General Baptist State his synagogue, Temple Sinai, and is now a re- utive Officer to the Military Deputy to the As- Convention of MO/KS/NE; Past Chairman of spected elder member. sistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, the Congress of National Black Churches and Herb still works out at the Sarasota Family Logistics and Technology. current Board Member of the Congress of Na- YMCA, Evalyn Sadlier Jones Branch. Execu- The Army, the Joint Staff, and the nation tional Black Churches. He has served as a tive Director, Ben Pinegar, has said ‘‘Herb recognized his talent and expertise and ap- Commissioner of Highway and Transportation continues to be an inspiration to our senior pointed him to be the Program Manager for for the State of Missouri and to the Municipal members with his cheerful and positive out- the Theater High Altitude Area Defense sys- Judicial Commission for Jackson County. He look. His conscientious workout routine and tem in 1999. The Army later assigned him to also serves as an Executive Board member of his helpful attitude to other members is to be be the Program Executive Officer for the Com- the Jazz District Redevelopment Corporation. admired. He is also considered to be a mentor bat Support/Combat Service Support Program Dr. Hartsfield is highly sought after by na- to some of our younger Y members. Herb to provide Up-Armored vehicles to combat tional, state, and local public servants as an helps to make our Y a family.’’ troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. advisor because of the fellowship he has Herb will be ninety-five years young on No- He returned to the Missile Defense Agency among black leaders and clergy. He also is in vember 17, 2012. I congratulate him and wish in 2005 and served as the Program Manager for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense sys- much demand as a guest speaker in many him many more happy birthdays. With Vet- tem (GMD). In this role, General O’Reilly areas nationally. He has served as adjunct eran’s Day approaching, I thank all of our vet- oversaw the development and acquisition of Professor and guest lecturer at numerous col- erans, of which Herb is an example. I thank one of the most important weapon systems in leges and universities across the nation. Dr. our veterans for not only their service to our the history of the United States, one designed Hartsfield has served and currently serves on country, but also for what they have contrib- to defend the homeland against long-range several Boards of Directors for various col- uted to their communities. ballistic missile attacks. General O’Reilly was leges and organizations. He is the recipient of f instrumental in successfully advancing the pro- numerous honors and awards. In January gram following a challenging period. During 2008, I was proud to introduce a bill in Con- TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL PATRICK J. O’REILLY his tenure as Program Manager, the Missile gress to rename the Parkway Post Office in Defense Agency conducted the first successful my Kansas City district to the Wallace S. flight test of the operationally configured Hartsfield, Sr. Post Office. HON. MO BROOKS Ground-Based Interceptor, and executed the He is married to the former Matilda Hopkins OF ALABAMA first successful intercept flight test of the GMD of Brunswick, GA. He and Mrs. Hartsfield are IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES system. the parents of four children, Pamela Faith, Wednesday, September 19, 2012 General O’Reilly’s work as the GMD Pro- Danise Hope, Ruby Love, and Wallace S. gram manager directly contributed to the field- Hartsfield, II. They are the proud grandparents Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to pay tribute to Lieutenant General Patrick J. ing of the nation’s first limited defense capa- of seven and great-grand parents of five. bility, the operational Ground-based Midcourse O’Reilly, United States Army and Director of For those reasons and more, it is indeed an Defense System that was part of the initial the Missile Defense Agency. honor and privilege to welcome and congratu- Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). This Lieutenant General O’Reilly will be retiring late Rev. Dr. Wallace Hartsfield, Sr. on his in- was the first ever deployed system to protect from the United States Army after 38 years of duction into the 2012 Missouri Walk of Fame. the United States homeland against a limited honorable and faithful service to the United Mr. Speaker, please join me in expressing ICBM attack. His achievements and technical States of America: four years as a cadet at our appreciation to Reverend Doctor Wallace missile defense knowledge were well recog- West Point, and for 34 years as a Commis- Hartsfield, Sr. and his endless commitment to nized by civilian and military leadership, and sioned Officer. His service to this great nation serving the residents of the State of Missouri as a result, he was assigned in January 2007 spans nearly four decades that witnessed dra- and the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan to be the Missile Defense Agency’s Deputy Di- matic changes to the strategic national secu- Area. He is a true role model, not just to the rector. Just a little over a year later, following rity landscape, organizational structure of the African-American community in Missouri, but his elevation to Deputy Director, the Depart- to the entire community and the nation. May United States Army, and military services. ment of Defense hand-picked General O’Reilly From humble beginnings growing up in his success serve as a stepping stone for to be promoted to Lieutenant General. He was many other African-Americans eager to be just Richland, Texas, to working long hot summers then nominated by the President of the United as successful in their endeavors. While it is as a teenager on his mother’s family farm in States and confirmed by the United States but a small acknowledgement for all of the Davey, Nebraska, General O’Reilly recognized Senate to become the Director of the Missile work he has done, it is a heartfelt gesture, tak- and believed that service to country was not Defense Agency. ing strength from the many lives he has only an obligation, but a calling. He entered As the Director of the Missile Defense touched in our hometown. West Point in 1974, at a time when many Agency, General O’Reilly successfully applied f Americans shunned military service and mili- his insightful and decisive leadership to a se- tary values as the United States exited the ries of national and international challenges as HONORING HERBERT HOROWITZ Vietnam War. the Agency developed, tested, fielded, and ex- He started his commissioned Army career panded the BMDS to protect the United HON. VERN BUCHANAN as a Maintenance Officer; he later served as States, its deployed forces, and allies and OF FLORIDA an Ordnance Officer and a Physics Instructor friends against the growing and diverse threat IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES at West Point. He then transitioned to the posed by ballistic missiles. Army Acquisition Corps where his contribu- As Director, he completed the construction Wednesday, September 19, 2012 tions and leadership have strengthened the of an additional missile field in Alaska for the Mr. BUCHANAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to security of the United States, our friends, al- GMD infrastructure to ensure a more robust honor, Mr. Herbert Horowitz of Sarasota, FL. lies, and international partners. Like all distin- defense of the homeland. As part of this plan, Herb was born in Brooklyn, New York; his guished military careers, General O’Reilly has he made a commitment to Congress and the family moved to Fall River, Massachusetts. served in many assignments, including joint American people to field and deploy 30 Herb entered the Army in 1941 and was hon- assignments that culminated with his service Ground Base Interceptors by the end of 2010, orable discharged in 1945. He is a World War as the Director of the Missile Defense Agency. and he fulfilled this important milestone in II veteran who served in the European theater. General O’Reilly helped make missile de- September 2010. He also initiated a Ground After serving his country, Herb returned home fense a reality. He served as the Project Man- Based Interceptor fleet refurbishment and reli- and began a civilian life. Upon his discharge, ager for the Directed Energy Directorate and ability enhancement program that resulted in he went into the manufacturing of Men’s as Program Manager for the Theater High Alti- upgrades and improvements to 10 Ground Clothing. tude Area Defense Missile Project of the Stra- Based missiles deployed at Fort Greely, Alas- Married now for seventy years to his wife, tegic Defense Initiative Organization, which ka. Moreover, under his direction, the Missile Isbelle, they raised three children (David, Rob- later became the Ballistic Missile Defense Or- Defense Agency completed the upgrades and ert & Debra). They talk proudly of their grand- ganization. He also served as the Product integration of the Thule Early Warning Radar children and great-grandchildren. Herb was Manager for the Patriot Advanced Capability 3 in Greenland, and the Clear Early Warning active in various local religious and community Program. His outstanding work as an acquisi- Radar in Alaska.

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