[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 7 (Wednesday, February 2, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E56]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING CHARLES M. BURT

                                 ______
                                 

                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 2, 2000

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Charles M. Burt 
for being named the Irrigation Person of the Year by the California 
Irrigation Institute. Dr. Burt is currently a professor in the 
BioResource and Agricultural Engineering Department at the California 
Polytechnic State University, as well as the Director of the 
university's Irrigation Training and Research Center. Dr. Burt is being 
honored on January 24th at the California Irrigation Institute's 38th 
Annual Meeting.
  Charles M. Burt is being recognized for his many contributions to 
education and the advancement of irrigation knowledge and practice. In 
addition to his roles as a professor and the Director of the Irrigation 
Training and Research Center, Burt is a member of several related 
organizations. He belongs to the American Society of Agricultural 
Engineers, the Water Resources Engineering Division of the American 
Society of Civil Engineers, and the Irrigation Association. He is also 
a member of the Advisory Board for the Office of Water Conservation, 
the American Society of Agronomy, the United States Committee on 
Irrigation and Drainage (USCID), and numerous others.
  Dr. Burt began his irrigation career in 1975, when he designed 
several large drip systems in the USSR and Iran, as a Keller 
Engineering Irrigation System Designer. He worked on this through 1976 
until he worked as an Irrigation System Designer for Wren-Oneal Co. in 
Fresno. In 1981 and 1982 Dr. Burt worked on irrigation design and 
project planning as the Chief Engineer and partner of JM Lord, Inc. 
Since that time, he has continued his commitment to irrigation and 
education at the California Polytechnic State University.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate Charles M. Burt for being named 
Irrigation Person of the Year. I urge my colleagues to join me in 
wishing Dr. Burt many more years of continued success.

                          ____________________