[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 86 (Thursday, June 30, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                   TRIBUTE TO COL. RONALD J. RAKOWSKY

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                           HON. STEVEN SCHIFF

                             of new mexico

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 30, 1994

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to your attention 
today the exemplary work and splendid public service of one of our 
country's outstanding military men, Col. Ronald J. Rakowsky, the staff 
judge advocate for the Air Reserve Personnel Center, Denver, CO. 
Colonel Rakowsky will be retiring after an especially distinguished 
military career on October 1, 1994.
  Colonel Rakowsky entered active duty August 15, 1970, at MacDill Air 
Force Base, FL. His assignments include Clark AB, Republic of 
Philippines; Air Force Military Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, TX; 
March AFB, CA; Chief Personnel Law Branch, General Law Division, Office 
of the Judge Advocate General; Chief Legislative Division, Office of 
the Judge Advocate General; Associate Director of Civil Law, Office of 
the Judge Advocate General; Chief, Preventive Law and Legal Aid Group, 
Office of the Judge Advocate General; and his current position as Staff 
Judge Advocate, Air Reserve Personnel Center, which he assumed May 14, 
1988.
  He attained a bachelor of arts degree from Denison University, 
Granville, OH, in 1966 and a juris doctor in 1969 at Case Western 
Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, OH. He is a graduate of 
the Air War College, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the 
Air Command and Staff College. Colonel Rakowsky is admitted to practice 
before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court 
of Military Appeals, and the Supreme Courts of Ohio, Florida, and 
Colorado.
  Since the spring of 1988, Colonel Rakowsky has been intimately 
involved in designing, perfecting, and implementing plans for peacetime 
training and wartime mobilization of the mobilization assets of the 
U.S. Air Force. During Operation Desert Shield/Storm, he was 
instrumental in supplying backfill Air Force Reserve and Air National 
Guard Judge Advocates and paralegals to active duty Air Force bases in 
the continental United States whose personnel assets had been projected 
forward for use in the area of operations for the Persian Gulf 
conflict. These Reserve and Guard personnel saw to it that quality 
essential services were available at all Air Force bases during the 
operations.
  Colonel Rakowsky's military decorations include the Meritorious 
Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Commendation 
Medal, the Air Force Achievement Medal, and the Humanitarian Service 
Medal with two devices.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me, our colleagues, and Colonel 
Rakowsky's many friends in saluting the distinguished officer's many 
years of selfless service to the United States of America. I know our 
Nation, his wife Marge, his daughter Catherine, and his son Robert, are 
extremely proud of his accomplishments. It is fitting that the House of 
Representatives pays tribute to him today.

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