[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 5, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1001-E1002]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        HONORING BALTIMORE POSTAL DISTRICT MANAGER RICHARD RUDEZ

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                      HON. ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR.

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 5, 1996

  Mr. EHRLICH. Mr. Speaker, the Postal Service and its employees take 
great pride in providing a basic service to the American public. They 
are dedicated to excellence and I know this from firsthand experience 
delivering mail 1 day earlier this year in the Highlandtown 
neighborhood of Baltimore. So it is particularly gratifying when the 
top area manager of these dedicated employees receives formal 
recognition.
  On May 8, the Maryland Chapter of the American Society for Public 
Administration selected Baltimore Customer Service District Manager 
Richard Rudez of Bel Air, MD, to receive the Clifford R. Gross Award 
for Federal Public Service.
  As a 25-year Postal Service veteran, Baltimore Customer Service 
District Manager Rudez is responsible for post office operations 
throughout the State of Maryland, except those in southern Maryland and 
the Washington, DC suburbs. The Postal Service's Baltimore District is 
the ninth largest employer in the State of Maryland. It employs over 
9,400 employees in 305 post offices, and provides mail delivery to 1.3 
million addresses and a population of 3.5 million.

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  Mr. Rudez was selected for this award because of his outstanding 
sustained contribution as a public administrator. His achievement is 
not limited to the Postal Service. Mr. Rudez serves as chairman of the 
Federal Executive Board, and has contributed his services to a number 
of community organizations including: Member, vice president, and 
recording secretary, parish council, St. Margaret's Roman Catholic 
Church; vice chairman, United Negro College Fund Walk-A-Thon; Federal 
Executive Board cochair for the Combined Federal Campaign; member of 
Greater Baltimore Committee; and member of the Baltimore and Hartford 
County Chambers of Commerce.
  As the chairman of the Federal Executive Board, Mr. Rudez has sought 
to improve the coordination between the various Federal agencies and 
other governmental jurisdictions. Working with the Baltimore City 
Schools, he revitalized the Postal Service Wee Deliver Program and 
joined in a partnership in education to encourage other groups to 
commit their expertise, skills, and time in a united effort to enhance 
the public school curriculum and student matriculation. In 1995, the 
Postal Service Baltimore District was the recipient of the Greater 
Baltimore Committee's Mayor's Business Recognition Award.
  This award exemplifies excellence in public service and I am pleased 
to join the American Society of Public Administration in saluting Rich 
Rudez and his record of service to the postal customers and citizens of 
the State of Maryland.

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