[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 44 (Friday, March 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S3025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO ALFRED TESTA JR.

 Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, I rise today to pay 
tribute to Alfred Testa on his departure as the Director of Manchester 
Airport. Fred has been the Director of Manchester Airport since 1991. 
He has brought about tremendous and exciting change to the airport 
during his tenure and I am proud to have worked with him during his 
distinguished career.
  Fred came to Manchester after serving as Deputy Director of T.F. 
Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island. He is a graduate of the 
University of Rhode Island with a B.A. in Political Science and earned 
his J.D. at Suffolk University Law School. He is an Accredited Airport 
Executive with the American Association of Airport Executives and is a 
regular lecturer on airport development, management and marketing.
  Fred has been the driving force behind the substantial growth at 
Manchester Airport. When Fred began as Manchester Airport's Director, 
the airport handled approximately 700,000 passengers a year and there 
were six commercial airlines that serviced the airport. Today, there 
are eleven commercial airlines based there, and last year, the airport 
served almost 2 million travelers. Fred's efforts have played a key 
role in the City of Manchester's nationally recognized renaissance.
  Fred has worked closely with each member of the New Hampshire 
Congressional Delegation - educating, advising, and encouraging us to 
undertake a number of vital federal initiatives at the airport. He has 
vigorously pursued support for the Residential Sound Insulation 
Program; the New Passenger Terminal; the New Armed Forces Reserve 
Center; the Manchester Airport Access Road; and the Runway, Taxiway, 
Parking, Roadway and Terminal Improvements and U.S. Customs Service's 
at the renovated Ammon Terminal. It has been my great privilege to work 
with Fred on these and other important airport projects which have 
fundamentally changed for the better air transportation services for 
New Hampshire. Fred deserves the highest admiration and praise for 
these significant accomplishments.
  Fred leaves Manchester Airport to become the Director of Philadelphia 
International Airport. Aldermen and the Mayor of Manchester have 
expressed high praise for the work Fred did for the City of Manchester, 
and I strongly agree. His leadership and effective advocacy for safe 
and efficient airline transportation will be fondly remembered by all 
New Hampshire citizens.
  Once again, I would like to commend Fred Testa on his service to 
Manchester Airport and the State of New Hampshire. His work was greatly 
beneficial to the City and the State, and I wish him well. It has been 
a pleasure to represent Fred Testa in the United States Senate, and I 
am proud to call him my friend.

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