[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 96 (Thursday, July 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 21, 1994]
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 TRIBUTE TO COL. KENNETH D. BURMAN ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE U.S. ARMY

  Mr. REID. Madam President, today I want to congratulate Col. Kenneth 
Dale Burman, Medical Corps, U.S. Army on the occasion of his retirement 
from the Army.
  During his 22 year career, Colonel Burman has distinguished himself 
as an internationally known expert on thyroid disorders and has 
published over 160 articles in the medical literature. His 
accomplishments have brought acclaim and recognition to him and the 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center and as a result, many other outstanding 
scientists have been attracted to work with him, thereby further 
enhancing his medical specialty. Colonel Burman is one of only three 
members of the prestigious American Society of Clinical Investigation 
in the military and has won achievement awards from the American 
Federation of Clinical Research and the Society of Uniformed 
Endocrinologists. He has served on the editorial boards of several 
prestigious journals, while productively publishing his own research. 
As a full professor of medicine at the Uniformed Services University, 
he regularly taught both in the classroom and on the medical wards and 
has won the Chennault Outstanding Teacher Award. Colonel Burman has 
served as consultant endocrinologist to patients from Army privates to 
Members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, and the President of the 
United States. His commitment to his patients and dedication to duty 
are unsurpassed.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Colonel Burman and 
his wife, Molly, on their transition to civilian life. I am pleased to 
note that they have chosen to remain in the area of Washington DC and 
Dr. Burman will continue to contribute his many talents in his new role 
as the chief of endocrinology at the Washington Hospital Center. I know 
all of us thank him for his dedicated, professional and selfless 
service to the United States of America and to the men and women of our 
U.S. Army.

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