[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S1021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


    A TRIBUTE TO NANCY STILSON ON HER RETIREMENT FROM THE REDSTONE 
                     SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION CENTER

  Mr. HEFLIN. Mr. President, I would like to congratulate Ms. Nancy 
Stilson, Chief, Documents Reference Librarian at the Redstone 
Scientific Information Center on the occasion of her retirement from 
Government service.
  Ms. Stilson began her Government service career in Huntsville at 
Redstone Arsenal 41 years ago. She has worked in the documents section 
of the Redstone Scientific Information Center throughout her career. 
Her knowledge of the weapon and missile systems developed for the U.S. 
Army have ranged from those developed in the early 1950's up to the 
present time. Ms. Stilson has the respect and admiration of her 
customers who are scientists and engineers for the U.S. Army Missile 
Command. Indeed Ms. Stilson, through her experience, has the equivalent 
of a Ph.D. in missile technology as her customers can attest. When 
scientific and technical information is needed, Ms. Stilson has been 
the ``one stop shop'' for such information. Ms. Stilson has provided 
scientific and technical information to those designing, building, and 
fielding the Army's weapons and missile systems. In fact, if you could 
design an illustration of the components of the missile system, Ms. 
Stilson would figure prominently in the section dealing with technical 
information. Through her career she has served both distinguished 
scientists such as Dr. Warner Von Braun, as well as bench scientists 
and engineers creating the nuts and bolts of missile components. During 
Ms. Stilson's tenure, the scientific and technical library community 
advanced to the capability of supporting the highly technical and 
complex Army that exists today. She heavily influenced the evolution of 
the international collection of missile and rocketry that exists at the 
Army's premier technical library, the Redstone Scientific Information 
Center.
  Mr. President, it is my pleasure to congratulate Nancy Stilson on her 
retirement and to thank her for many years of dedication and service to 
the men and women of the U.S. Army.


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