[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 19, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E375]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO MRS. MARGARET ERVING

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 19, 2002

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call the attention of my 
colleagues to Mrs. Margaret Erving, born in Iowa City. Mrs. Erving 
graduated from high school in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and was immediately 
inducted into the United States Air Force, completing her training at 
Lackland Air Force base in Texas. She spent 5 years in the Air Force, 
in which time she attended the United States Air Force Supply School in 
Denver, Colorado. She is a graduate of the College of New Jersey, 
having earned a bachelor of science degree with a major in sociology, 
and a minor in business administration.
  Mrs. Erving began her career at Fort Monmouth on February 2, 1980, 
and completed over 27 years of civilian/military service there. Her 
beginning position was that of a GS-3 Supply Clerk in the Directorate 
of Materiel Management.
  Since her debut in 1980, Mrs. Erving has served in several capacities 
including Supply, Quality Assurance, and Logistics positions. In 
February 1981 she was chosen to participate in the Quality Assurance 
Career Intern Program, and was promoted to the GS-1910-5 position in 
the Directorate of Materiel Management. That same year Mrs. Erving 
qualified and was promoted to the grade of GS-1910-9. In June 1983 she 
was promoted again to the grade of GS-11 in the Directorate of Quality 
Operations/Communications, Automatic Data Processing Section where she 
worked until 1985 at which time she was promoted to grade GS-12 Quality 
Assurance Specialist in the Directorate of Product Assurance and Test. 
In 1987 she was reassigned to the Communications Directorate MSE 
(Mobile Subscriber Equipment) branch, from which she is now retiring. 
In this position she traveled widely both in and out of the Continental 
United States, journeying to destinations such as Germany, France, 
England, Sweden, and Canada.
  Mrs. Erving's efforts have been outstanding, and she has, 
consequently, received numerous awards and accolades for her 
accomplishments and the Retrofit Program. Some of her awards include 
the Good Conduct Medal, sustained Superior Performance awards between 
the years 1995 and 2002. Certificates of Achievement in 1989 and 1995, 
Special Act Awards, and a letter of appreciation from Major General 
Robert I. Nabors, former Commanding General, United States Army, 
Communications-Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. In 
1991, she was yet again promoted to the temporary position of GS-13.
  Mrs. Erving's external activities include being a life member of the 
National Council of Negro Women; member of the NAACP; member of the 
church of the Good Shepard, Willingboro, NJ; substitute school teacher, 
Willingboro, NJ public school system; a charter member of the women in 
military service; and vice-president and treasurer of Jonmar creations, 
an ethnic greeting card company founded and operated by her husband, 
John Erving, Jr.
  For continuing efforts to make a difference both in her own community 
and the world, Mrs. Margaret Erving deserves our praise and 
recognition.

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