[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E52]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    A SALUTE TO ADMIRAL MARSHA EVANS

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 28, 1998

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Rear Admiral 
Marsha J. Evans, a remarkable woman who served for the past two years 
as Superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, 
California before her recent retirement from the U.S. Navy.
  Admiral Evans has accumulated a long and distinguished military 
career. In addition to her position as Superintendent, Admiral Evans' 
leadership experience includes command of the Naval Station at Treasure 
Island, Commander of Navy Recruiting Command, interim director of the 
Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Executive Officer at 
Recruit Training Command, and Commanding Officer at the Naval Technical 
Training Center. She has also served at the Defense Intelligence 
Agency, the officer of the Chief of Naval Operations, and the office of 
the Commander in Chief of U.S. Naval Forces Europe. Her extensive 
government experience includes serving as executive secretary and 
special assistant for the Secretary of the Treasury under President 
Carter, and serving as Deputy Director of President Reagan's Commission 
on White House Fellowships.
  Admiral Evans was not only a pioneer for women in the military, but a 
strong advocate for the needs and concerns of women serving in the 
defense of their country. In addition to being selected for promotion 
to the rank of Admiral, she was also the first female surface 
assignments officer in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, as well as the 
first woman to assume command of a naval station. She was also active 
in gender-related issues, having served as Executive Director of the 
Standing Committee on Military and Civilian Women in the Navy, chairing 
the Women Midshipmen Study Group in the 1980's, and serving on the 1987 
Navy's Women's Study.
  In September 1995, the Naval Postgraduate School was fortunate to 
have Admiral Evans appointed as Superintendent, and she did not 
disappoint. Under her leadership, the school further strengthened and 
developed its academic mission. It began exploring important new 
fields, such as how to prevent and contain the use of weapons of mass 
destruction, and expanded such programs as its successful international 
officer exchange programs at the Center for Civil-Military Relations.
  Most recently, under Admiral Evans' direction the Naval Postgraduate 
School hosted a military-wide conference on Professional Military 
Education, which successfully brought together leading military and 
civilian educators and policy-makers from around the country to discuss 
how best to educate our soldiers to fight the conflicts of the future.
  Admiral Evans is a remarkable leader and pioneer, and I am sorry to 
see her depart as Superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School. The 
Navy is losing a fine officer and outstanding individual, and her 
presence will be greatly missed. I wish her the best in her new 
endeavors, and urge other young, aspiring women and men in the military 
to look to Admiral Evans' great service as a model for success and 
leadership.

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