[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 106 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S8794]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO DR. WALTER F. MORRISON, JR.

 Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I wish to recognize and pay tribute 
to Dr. Walter F. Morrison, Jr., Deputy Director of the U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers Research and Development Center, ERDC, in recognition of 
his exceptional contributions to the Nation. Dr. Morrison will soon 
retire with over 30 years service to the Nation as a U.S. Army soldier 
and civilian leader. His efforts over these years and his most recent 
leadership in integrating and restructuring the Corps of Engineers 
Research and Development has been exceptional and will have a 
significant, long-term positive effect on the lives of our soldiers in 
combat and the safety of our citizens.
  Dr. Morrison was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army 
and served on active duty at the former Ballistic Research Laboratory, 
BRL as a first lieutenant and captain after graduating in physics from 
the Georgia Institute of Technology Reserve Officer Training Program in 
1976. Upon completion of his military service he continued with the BRL 
as a civilian employee. Over the next several years he took on 
positions within the lab of ever increasing responsibility culminating 
in an assignment as the chief of the Terminal Effects Division with the 
responsibility for advanced lethality and survivability mechanisms, 
concepts, and designs for future Army land warfare systems.
  In 1998, Dr. Morrison was selected as a member of the Senior 
Executive Service and assigned as the director for research and 
laboratory management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. There, he was responsible for 
the Army Basic Research, Applied Research programs for the Army 
Research Laboratory, Army Research Institute, Corps of Engineers, and 
Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command, as well as several 
Army-wide programs including Environment Quality Technology, 
Manufacturing Technology, and Army High Performance Computing. He also 
oversaw laboratory management policy for all Army laboratories and 
research centers.
  Dr. Morrison has over 80 technical publications. He was elected a 
fellow of the Ballistic Research Laboratory in 1992 and has been 
awarded the Department of the Army Decoration for Exceptional Civilian 
Service Award, the Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian Service 
Award, the Army Superior Civilian Service Award, the Army Research and 
Development Achievement Award, and the Army Engineer Association Bronze 
and Silver de Fleury Medals. He received the bachelor's, masters and 
doctorate degrees in physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
  Throughout his career, Dr. Morrison demonstrated a profound 
commitment to the Army, the Corps of Engineers, and the Nation. He is a 
consummate professional whose performance in over 30 years of service 
has personified those traits of competency and integrity that our 
Nation has come to expect of its senior civilian leaders.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking Dr. Morrison for his 
honorable service to the U.S. Army and the Nation. We wish him and his 
family Godspeed and all the best in the future.

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