[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 149 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11491-S11492]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO DR. MARY LYNN TISCHER

 Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise today to thank Dr. Mary Lynn 
Tischer, who leaves my Washington office after almost a year of 
ceaseless effort as a Transportation Fellow. As we sought to develop 
consensus on the ISTEA II legislation, Mary Lynn provided superior 
analysis and assistance, working extensively with her counterparts to 
gather a large coalition of support for this complex piece of 
legislation.
  Mary Lynn worked with Virginia Secretary of Transportation Robert 
Martinez and Virginia Governor George Allen as they sought to steer the 
Step 21 legislation at the State level. In her role as the 
Administrator of the Office of Policy Analysis, Evaluation, and 
Intergovernmental Relations at the Virginia Department of 
Transportation [VDOT], Mary Lynn served the Commonwealth of Virginia 
admirably. She has worked on travel forecasting, analysis of travel 
behavior and mode choice, model development, goods movement, and 
trucking issues. Mary Lynn was chosen to manage the congressionally 
mandated Heavy Vehicle Cost Allocation Study, the Study of the 
Feasibility of Designating the Interstate for Larger and Heavier 
Vehicles, and several studies on state regulation of motor carriers.
  Mary Lynn received her Ph.D. in political science from the University 
of Maryland, with an interdisciplinary major in social psychology as 
well as a specialty in American government and public policy. Dr. 
Tischer also serves on the Group I Council of the Transportation 
Research Board, and is active on several committees and task forces of 
TRB and AASHTO, including the Reauthorization Task Force.
  Mary Lynn is widely recognized as an expert in her field. She was 
chairman of the International Association of Travel Behavior, editor of 
Transport Reviews, and on the editorial board of Transportation. Her 
proficiency has led to her participation on steering committees for 
national and international conferences, most recently for Household 
Travel Surveys and Uses of the Decennial Census. She has given numerous 
papers, and is extensively published in the transportation and 
marketing fields.
  Mary Lynn has been tireless in her work here in my Washington office. 
Her cheerful demeanor, quick wit, and skillful assistance and 
intelligence will be sorely missed. I extend my warmest regards to Mary 
Lynn, and wish her all good luck in her future endeavors.

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