[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 109 (Friday, September 15, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8634-S8635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RECOGNITION OF GENERAL ROBERT S. FRIX

 Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I rise to recognize General Robert 
S. Frix, an outstanding individual from my State, who is the recipient 
of the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
  This award is bestowed upon a select group of Eagle Scouts who are 
chosen by a national review board as distinguished individuals who, by 
sharing their talents and time with others, have improved their 
communities. General Frix clearly deserves this rare honor for his 
service to our country, his profession and community.

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  Our country owes a great debt of gratitude to General Frix for his 
decorated military service and accomplishments. A West Point graduate, 
he served our country for 34 years, earning the rank of Major General 
and numerous decorations including two Distinguished Service Medals, 26 
Air Medals, and two Meritorious Service Medals.
  Through two tours each in Vietnam and Germany, he distinguished 
himself as a leader, but his duty in the Middle East is most notable. 
As Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army Forces 
Central Command during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, he was 
instrumental in rescuing Kuwait from Saddam Hussein's siege. Commanding 
the Joint Task Force Kuwait, he led the enforcement of U.N. Resolution 
688.
  Following his military service, General Frix turned to a different 
kind of battle, that of decommissioning, cleaning-up, and restoring 
U.S. Department of Energy former nuclear weapons fabrication and 
materials production sites. Formerly at the Rocky Flats, Colorado site 
and currently at the Hanford site in my state of Washington, he manages 
personnel and multimillion dollar budgets in order to accomplish the 
clean-up and disposal of highly radioactive, toxic and hazardous 
materials. At the helm of the DynCorp company, he and his employees 
have achieved an outstanding environmental safety record.
  All the while, General Frix uses his talents for the benefit of 
others and remains committed to serving his community as the national 
president of the Army Aviation Association of America Scholarship 
Foundation and as a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans. 
In addition, he has used his military management skills to retire 
council debts and raise almost $10 million in endowment as a member of 
the Blue Mountain Council Executive Board and Senior Vice President of 
Finance.
  General Frix willingness to help his community extends into his 
professional career in which he and his colleagues at DynCorp have 
worked side by side to construct park facilities and renovate a local 
cancer treatment facility. He is highly regarded by business associates 
as a community leader who sets an example for others to follow.

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