[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 21 (Friday, February 17, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E197]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING CURTIS DANIEL ``DAN'' REAGAN

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                       HON. JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 16, 2006

  Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Curtis Daniel 
``Dan'' Reagan of Austin, Texas. Dan Reagan has been a champion for 
quality transportation and his leadership, knowledge, and vision have 
helped improve the safety and reliability of the Texas transportation 
system.
  Dan Reagan began his career with the Federal Highway Administration 
(FHWA), then the Bureau of Public Roads (BPR), on June 12, 1967 
following his graduation from the University of Texas at Austin. He 
spent almost 3 years in the BPR Highway Engineer Training Program, 
learning all phases of organizational responsibility and honing his 
engineering and management skills in Point Reyes, California; Olympia, 
Washington; Payson, Arizona; Washington, D.C.; Tallahassee, Florida; 
Ft. Worth, Texas; and Austin, Texas. Mr. Reagan then held numerous 
positions in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Montgomery, Alabama, including 
Assistant Area Engineer, Area Engineer, Assistant Planning Engineer, 
Planning Engineer, and Research Engineer. While stationed in Baton 
Rouge, Mr. Reagan attended graduate school at Louisiana State 
University, taking classes in Transportation Engineering.
  In June 1981, Mr. Reagan was assigned to the former FHWA Region One 
Office in Albany, New York, where he held several positions, including 
Director of Planning, Director of Planning and Program Development, and 
Deputy Regional Administrator. As the Deputy, he was responsible for 
all aspects of the Federal-aid Program in the eight Northeast States, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Territory of the U.S. Virgin 
Islands. Then from October 1994 to July 1995, Dan became the Acting 
Regional Administrator.
  On February 4, 1996, Dan Reagan was appointed the Federal Highway 
Administration's Division Administrator for Texas. With a staff of 50 
employees, he was responsible for delivering the second largest 
Federal-aid Program in the Nation and implementing FHWA's National 
Strategic Plan throughout Texas, in partnership with the Texas 
Department of Transportation. While serving as the Texas Division 
Administrator, Dan Reagan established the FHWA's first International 
Programs Engineer position for the entire Texas border, created a forum 
known as the Texas Environmental Resource Stewards that brings together 
the leaders of state and federal agencies impacting transportation to 
resolve issues in advance, and paved the way for such landmark public-
private partnerships as TTC-35, TTC-69, and the Central Texas Turnpike 
Project.
  Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to honor and thank Dan Reagan and his 
family, on the occasion of his retirement, for a lifelong professional 
commitment of service to the traveling public. I wish Dan Reagan much 
happiness and good health in the years to come.

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