[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 82 (Thursday, June 6, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S5948]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO WAYNE R. GRUPE

 Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to Mr. 
Wayne R. Grupe, who is retiring from the Naval Facilities Engineering 
Command in Alexandria, VA, after 36 years of selfless public service to 
the Department of the Navy and the Nation.
  Mr. Grupe began his Federal civil service as a civil engineer in 1960 
with the Bureau of Yards and Docks. Throughout his career, Mr. Grupe 
has steadfastly and diligently applied his talents and efforts toward 
progressively more demanding challenges and service to the U.S. Navy. 
Rising through a multitude of critical management positions in the 
course of his distinguished career, he has advanced to become the 
program officer at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command with 
responsibility for policy and oversight of Navy and DOD programs in 
excess of $7 billion annually.
  Among his contemporaries, Mr. Grupe is considered to be the 
preeminent resource manager not only in terms of seniority but also 
professional reputation and exhibited accomplishments. He has served in 
his current critical management position since 1971, a period 
characterized by burgeoning world-wide facilities construction and 
fleet base operating support requirements. His numerous professional 
accomplishments and achievements and his exceptional contributions to 
the effectiveness of his Command will be enduring for many years to 
come.
  Mr. Grupe is a dedicated mentor and role model who has inspired and 
enabled many others to achieve similar accomplishments in their Federal 
civil service career. It is with a certain amount of regret that I wish 
a fond farewell to such an able and respected civil servant. His 
selfless service and interest in the people he so ably served will long 
be remembered.
  I join his family, many friends and colleagues in congratulating him 
on his well earned retirement and wish him future ``Fair Winds and 
Following Seas.''

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