[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 30 (Thursday, March 9, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E343]
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 RECOGNIZING DAVID D. TUNCAP FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF 
                                  GUAM

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                       HON. MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO

                                of guam

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 9, 2006

  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize David D. Tuncap 
of Tamuning, Guam for his service to our community in four decades of 
public service and leadership both in government and the private 
sector. Mr. Tuncap is one of those rare individuals on Guam whose 
vision and contributions to our visitor industry have benefited our 
community and made our island a better place to live.
  Mr. Tuncap served in the Government of Guam as a Director of the 
Department of Commerce from 1975 to 1976 and as the first Executive 
Manager of the Guam Airport Authority from 1976 to 1978. He also served 
from 1976 to 1978 and from 1981 to 1996 as the Chairman of the Board of 
Directors of the Guam Visitors Bureau. In addition to his government 
experience, Mr. Tuncap held several senior management positions in the 
private sector in businesses related to the visitor industry. Mr. 
Tuncap was a key player in the development of Guam's visitor industry 
and in the period of rapid growth and expansion of our island's tourist 
infrastructure in the 1970s and 1980s. During his tenure at GVB he 
promoted the Chamorro culture as the foundation of the visitor 
experience to Guam.
  David Tuncap has been a leader on Guam both within the visitor 
industry and as a community advocate. He is recognized as a visionary 
who helped to diversify and grow our island's economy. On the occasion 
of his retirement, I join our island in saluting his impressive 
accomplishments and in thanking him for his years of service to our 
community.
  I know his wife Dolores, and his daughters, Antoinette Jo Ann, Nora 
Jean, Tania Paulette, are especially proud of his accomplishments. I 
also join them in commending David Tuncap for his lifetime of 
achievements and for the fine example of what it means to be a 
dedicated public servant and a successful business leader.