[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 52 (Thursday, May 4, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E730]
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              TRIBUTE TO RETIRING COLONEL SHARON S. DeRUVO

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 4, 2006

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, let me take this opportunity to recognize 
the long and distinguished career of Colonel Sharon S. DeRuvo, who is 
retiring after serving our Nation's military with distinction for over 
20 years.
  Colonel Sharon S. DeRuvo was commissioned through the Walter Reed 
Army Medical Center Institute of Nursing in 1989. She graduated from 
the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing 
and received a Master of Science Degree from the University of Arizona 
in 1992. She also earned a Master of Strategic Studies Degree in 2003 
from the Army War College.
  Colonel DeRuvo has held a variety of positions culminating in her 
current assignment as Commander, General Leonard Wood Army Community 
Hospital, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Past assignments include staff 
nurse positions at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Denver, Colorado and 
Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. She also held 
positions as Head Nurse, Hematology-Oncology, Brooke Army Medical 
Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Director, Quality Assurance, Brooke 
Army Medical Center, Texas; Assistant Chief, Department of Clinical 
Investigation, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii; Chief, Medical 
Nursing Section and Chief Clinical Nursing at Landstuhl Regional 
Medical Center, Germany; and Deputy Commander for Health Services, Fort 
Carson, Colorado.
  Colonel DeRuvo has earned numerous decorations and badges for her 
outstanding service in the military. Her awards include the Meritorious 
Service Medal with Four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal, 
and the Army Achievement Medal with Four Oak Leaf Clusters. She has 
received several Tri-Service Nursing Research Grants, and was awarded 
the Orthopedic Surgeons and Nurses National Research Award. She is a 
member of the Order of Military Medical Merit and the Sigma Theta Tau 
Nursing Honor Society.
  Mr. Speaker, I know the Members of the House will join me in paying 
tribute to Colonel Sharon S. DeRuvo for her exceptional service to the 
United States and will wish her and her family all the best in the days 
ahead.

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