[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 103 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1276-E1277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO VICE ADM. TIMOTHY W. WRIGHT

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                          HON. JOE SCARBOROUGH

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 12, 1996

  Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a man 
who has given to his country 35 years of distinguished service. I rise 
to honor a man who has given to God, country, family, and community, 
and who I believe exemplifies all that is best in the American people. 
This week Vice Adm. Timothy Wright will be retiring from the U.S. Navy,

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and all who served under him, or who worked with him, as I did, wish 
Admiral Wright well, congratulate him, and want to know how much he 
will be sorely missed.
  Emerson once said that what people say about you behind your back is 
the measure of your standing in society. Mr. Speaker, the words that 
have been said about Admiral Wright behind his back include: honest, 
decent, a gentleman, hard working, loyal, dedicated, courageous. From 
the time he entered the Navy in 1961, through his tours of duty as 
commander of a carrier air wing, commander of the 7th fleet, and Chief 
of Naval Education and Training, to his work in the Office of the 
Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Wright has shown a standard of 
excellence and dedication to duty that marks him out as a singularly 
able and distinguished man of intellect, skill and integrity.
  Admiral Wright made a career that showed him to be one of the Navy's 
finest--the best of the best. For anybody who doubts that, look at the 
record: Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, 
Distinguished Flying Cross, Meritorious Service Medal. The list goes on 
and on, and its testimony to a man that has given to his country an 
example of excellence for which we should all strive.
  Now Admiral Wright will be retiring, returning to the wife and 
children that he loves, making up for the lost hours that a 
distinguished career in the Navy requires of its best and brightest. He 
has earned a period of R and R, as they say in the Navy, though I'll 
bet that he will not spend his free time sitting around the house 
watching game shows, and that retirement will not mean the end of an 
active life. Men of such dedication and nobility are not the kind of 
people to, if the Admiral will not mind me quoting a General, ``simply 
fade away.''
  So, I join the people of the United States, of the Navy, and of my 
district in Florida, in wishing Admiral Wright a hearty congratulations 
and thanks for a job well done and a life well lived. May the years 
ahead bring him continued good health and happiness, and may Admiral 
Wright go into the next stage of his life secure in the knowledge that 
he has made a difference, both to those who know him and even to those 
who do not. The Navy is a better organization for his having served in 
it. Godspeed Admiral Wright; I wish for fair winds and following seas.

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