[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 7, 2005)]
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      RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT OF de TEEL PATTERSON (PAT) TILLER

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                            HON. JIM McCRERY

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 7, 2005

  Mr. McCRERY. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to recognize an 
individual who has for the past 28 years been a thoughtful and 
articulate advocate of historic preservation and cultural resources 
programs serving the 388 national parks and the Nation's heritage 
partnership programs.
  de Teel Patterson (Pat) Tiller, the National Park Service's Deputy 
Associate Director, Cultural Resources, will retire in June. Since 1999 
he has served as both the Deputy and Acting Associate Director of the 
National Park Service. A native of Washington, DC, Tiller worked as a 
professional designer in television and regional theater before 
receiving a Master's degree in Architectural History with a specialty 
in historic preservation from the University of Virginia, College of 
Architecture. He was in private practice in West Texas before joining 
the National Park Service in 1977. Tiller has served in various adjunct 
faculty positions in architectural history and historic preservation 
policy and practice at the University of Wyoming, the University of 
Virginia, Kansas State University, George Washington University in 
Washington, DC, and Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. He received 
an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Goucher in 2003.
  In the Fourth Congressional District of Louisiana, Pat Tiller has 
been instrumental in nurturing and developing a unique relationship 
among three National Park Service entities in Natchitoches. The synergy 
of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park, the Cane River 
National Heritage Area, the National Center for Preservation Technology 
and Training and local partners is a model for cooperation and 
productivity among federal agencies and local communities. The American 
Planning Association recognized this achievement with a Federal 
Planning Award for Partnerships in 2004.
  The community has benefited from Tiller's guidance in two Save 
America's Treasures awards, numerous visits by National Park Service 
personnel, and the development of the Creole Heritage Center on the 
campus of Northwestern State University. The Creole Heritage Center has 
seen its mission and scope extend beyond a local community group to a 
national constituency. Pat Tiller has been instrumental in formulating 
the policies and funding to make this a reality.
  Pat Tiller has been a man of vision of during his tenure at the 
National Park Service in improving the nation's natural and historic 
resources. He leaves behind a rich legacy, numerous contributions and 
very large shoes to fill. My staff and I, and I dare say many other 
members and staff on the Hill, will miss Pat's guidance, hard work, 
unfailing courtesy, good humor and most of all dedication to his work 
in the years ahead. But I know that I and many others in the Fourth 
District will seek opportunities to keep Pat engaged and part of the 
larger preservation community as he re-enters the private sector and 
begins another phase of an already distinguished career.


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