[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1625]
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                        TRIBUTE TO WALLACE KIDO

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                             HON. JACK REED

                            of rhode island

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 17, 1996

  Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to take this opportunity to 
congratulate and recognize the distinguished career of Wallace Kido, 
the manager of the Providence district of the U.S. Postal Service. In 
that capacity, Mr. Kido is responsible for serving postal customers 
throughout the State of Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, a 
region generating revenues in excess of $440 million. Sadly, after 32 
years of exemplary public service, Mr. Kido has announced that he will 
be retiring early next year.
  During his tenure with the Rhode Island office, Mr. Kido has been a 
good friend and an effective representative of the U.S. Postal Service. 
His career with the U.S. Postal Service began back in 1964, when he 
started as a clerk in San Francisco.
  Since then, Mr. Kido has taken on a series of increasingly higher 
positions and assignments, including director of the Office of Human 
Resources at Postal Service headquarters. Mr. Kido joined the 
Providence Postal Service in 1986 as general manager-postmaster. Prior 
to his appointment, Mr. Kido earned a master's degree from the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he represented the Postal 
Service in the Alfred P. Sloan Fellows Program.
  Mr. Kido's duties as Providence district postmaster include managing 
195 post offices, 3 processing and distribution plants, and almost 
9,000 employees. His remarkable energy and commitment to the task makes 
what he does seem effortless.
  During his 10 years as manager in Providence, Mr. Kido has brought a 
degree of excellence, and more importantly, a sense of pride, to the 
challenging task of coordinating the processing of 1 billion pieces of 
mail each year. In fact, average overnight delivery service in Rhode 
Island has exceeded the national average over the last seven quarters.
  Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in paying tribute to Mr. Kido's 
exemplary service. He will be greatly missed as the Providence district 
manager, and I wish him all the best as he embarks upon a new phase of 
endeavors.

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