[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 77 (Thursday, May 22, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1054]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING CHARLES MIXSON

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                         HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 22, 2003

  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor an 
outstanding constituent of mine from the Fifth Congressional District 
of Florida who has, because of his extraordinary achievement, been 
named by the Florida Professional Engineers in Government as the 2003 
Government Engineer of the Year.
  Charles Mixson is the County Engineer and Public Works Director in my 
home town of Brooksville. He is a published author, his work having 
appeared in American Public Works Magazine in 2002. He graduated from 
the University of Florida in 1977 with a civil engineering degree and 
has since completed several continuing education courses.
  He is a member of the Florida and National Engineering Societies, the 
Florida and National Association of County Engineers, the American 
Public Works Association, and the Florida Department of Transportation 
Greenbook Advisory Committee. He has served in leadership roles in 
several of these organizations.
  In addition to his professional achievements, Mr. Mixson is an 
upstanding community leader, as he is an active supporter of the Boy 
Scouts and is the immediate past president of the Kiwanis Club of 
Brooksville.
  Mr. Speaker, it is easy to see why the Florida Professional Engineers 
in Government chose Mr. Mixson as their Government Engineer of the 
Year. Mr. Mixson has certainly worked hard to earn this honor and he is 
deserving of every accolade I or his peers could bestow on him.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in congratulating and honoring a 
fine American and a man whom I am proud to represent in this chamber.

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