[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 17 (Wednesday, February 11, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S1012]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING R. LEWIS SHAW

 Mr. GRAHAM of South Carolina. Mr. President, I wish to 
recognize the accomplishments of one of my constituents, R. Lewis Shaw 
and to commend him for his tenure as deputy commissioner for 
environmental quality control at the South Carolina Department of 
Health and Environmental Control as he leaves after 33 years of 
service.
  Lewis began his career with the department as the district director 
for the Wateree district office, and later served as chief of the 
Bureau of Water Supply. Lewis was promoted to deputy commissioner of 
environmental quality control in 1984 and has provided exemplary 
leadership since that time. Under Lewis's leadership, the environmental 
quality control programs have grown to keep pace with national and 
State initiatives and are considered by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency to be among the best State environmental programs in 
the Nation.
  Lewis has also been active in shaping national environmental policy 
over the past two decades by serving on numerous national committees, 
often as chairman, which advise both the Environmental Protection 
Agency and the United States Congress. He has on several occasions 
presented testimony to both House and Senate committees regarding the 
impact of proposed Federal environmental legislation on individual 
States. Lewis has earned the respect of his counterparts in other 
States and has served as president of their national association known 
as the Environmental Council of the States. Lewis is currently the 
longest serving State environmental program director in the Nation.
  A graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in 
chemical engineering, Lewis also earned a graduate degree in 
environmental engineering from Clemson University, and is a registered 
professional engineer in South Carolina. Lewis is married to the former 
Judy Brown and has two children, Jason Shaw and April Shaw McCaskill.
  I invite you to join me in thanking R. Lewis Shaw for his service and 
dedication to the natural resources and the citizens of the State of 
South Carolina.

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