[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 77 (Wednesday, June 12, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1015]
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                         HONORING JOHN REYNOLDS

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 11, 2002

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor John Reynolds on 
the occasion of his retirement from the National Park Service. I have 
had the pleasure of working with him in my capacity on the Resources 
Committee and as the Representative from the 19th District of 
California.
  John is the son of a park ranger, having been born in Yellowstone 
National Park. He is the brother of a park superintendent who served 
around the country in superlative national parks. He has spent the last 
37 years crisscrossing the country, changing assignments every couple 
of years, and charting the course of a moderate and flexible national 
park system. He will retire August 2 as regional director of the 
Pacific West Region.
  His distinguished career began as a park planner and he developed a 
lifelong love of Yosemite National Park after serving as team captain 
for the first master plan. John has served the National Park Service 
diligently in numerous positions across the country. Among these John 
has acted as the Director of the Service Center located in Denver, 
Colorado, the Regional Director to the Mid Atlantic Region, in 
Philadelphia, and the Deputy Director of the National Park Service here 
in Washington, D.C. Throughout his career with the Service, John 
Reynolds has consistently demonstrated a level of care, commitment, 
leadership and vision of America's National Parks. I anticipate that 
John will continue to generously share his thoughts and vision for 
these treasures long into his retirement.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor John Reynolds on his retirement. I 
invite my colleagues to join me in thanking John for his outstanding 
service to the nation's National Parks and in wishing him many more 
years of continued success.

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