[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1422]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      HONORING CAPTAIN WEYLIN ENG

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                            HON. BILL BAKER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 12, 1995
  Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Chairman, it is a great pleasure for me 
to recognize Capt. Weylin G. Eng upon his retirement from the U.S. 
Navy. Captain Eng is, like me, a native of Oakland, CA and is a 
resident of Orinda, a city in my east bay congressional district in 
which he is active in community affairs.
  Captain Eng is leaving the U.S. Navy after 30 years as an exemplary 
officer. After earning his doctorate in optometry from the University 
of California at Berkeley, he was commissioned as an ensign and began 
his naval career at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD.
  Captain Eng has served our country with extraordinary ability at 
bases throughout America. He was ship's optometrist on the U.S.S. 
Lexington, U.S.S. Enterprise, U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, and U.S.S. Carl 
Vinson. In addition, Captain Eng conducted clinical research for the 
Navy in environmental medicine and pioneered vision research with high-
altitude wearing of contact lenses.
  Captain Eng's leadership was demonstrated as commander of several 
Naval Reserve units. He led the National Disaster Medical System 120 at 
the time of the Loma Prieta earthquake, and in 1991 was recalled for 
active duty during the Persian Gulf war. At present, Captain Eng 
directs the fleet eyecare program for aircraft carriers berthed at 
Alameda and serves as the Navy professional school liaison officer to 
UC Berkeley.
  Among the many awards won by Captain Eng for his outstanding service 
are citations from the President and the Secretary of the Navy. He 
holds the Meritorious Service Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal, 
his Reader's Digest ``Home Eye Test'' received the Scientific Vision 
Project of the Year Award from the American Public Health Association.
  Service to our country in the U.S. Navy is a noble calling, a calling 
Captain Eng was fulfilled with honor and distinction. I applaud his 
fine work, and wish him, his wife Roselyn, and four daughters, 
Kristina, Tiffany, Shannon, and Aimee every success in all their future 
endeavors.


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