[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 20, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1364-E1365]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING SYLVESTER MYERS

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                         HON. NICK J. RAHALL II

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 20, 2007

  Mr. RAHALL. Madam Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to a native 
West Virginian who found that talent and ambition together with 
discipline and determination was a powerful recipe for success. . . . 
Sylvester C. Myers, President and CEO of S.C. Myers and Associates, 
Inc.
  Today, June 21st, Sylvester celebrates his 75th birthday. He has 
recently published his inspiring life story in a memoir entitled, 
``From Coal Fields to Oil Fields and Beyond, A Life in Pursuit of All I 
Could Be.'' The book chronicles Sylvester's humble beginnings from the 
coal-mining community of Keystone, West Virginia to the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia. It is a story of his transformation from country youth to 
world-traveling businessman, a story that points the way for all who 
desire to craft their lives to match their potentials.
  Sylvester founded S.C. Myers and Associates, Inc. in 1988 after 
retiring from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with 25 years of 
service. He spent the last 11 of those years serving as the ``budget 
watchdog'' of the Corps' $20 billion military construction program in 
Saudi Arabia.
  The company provides construction cost and project management 
services for government agencies, architectural firms, engineering 
firms and developers in the private sector. The company has offices in 
Washington, D.C., Bramwell, WV, Boston, MA and Baltimore, MD. The 
company currently has long standing projects with Baltimore-Washington 
International Airport and Washington-Dulles International Airport.
  Sylvester was the former President of the American Association of 
Cost Engineers International (AACEI), National Capitol Section. He 
served as Director of AACEI Region II; Chairman of the AACEI Government 
Liaison Committee; member of the D.C. Building Industry Association's 
(DCBIA) Housing Committee; American Association of Blacks in Energy; 
the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Bluefield (WV) State College Alumni 
Association; and Chairman of the Institutional Advisory Board of 
Bluefield (WV) State College.
  In 1999, Sylvester received the Total Cost Management Excellence 
Award and Fellow at the AACEI Annual Meeting. He served on the Board of 
the Architectural Engineering Council of Washington, D.C.; Finance 
Committee of the Anthony Bowen YMCA in Washington, D.C. In April 1999, 
Sylvester received a Presidential Citation from the National 
Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), in 
recognition of exemplary experiences that honor Bluefield (WV) State 
College.
  Sylvester is an alumnus of Bluefield (WV) State College and a 
graduate of George Washington University's School of Business and 
Public Management (Government Contracting and Project Management 
Master's Certification). Mr. Myers resides with his wife, Janice M. 
Myers, in Bramwell, West Virginia and they are the parents of five 
children. I am very proud to have Sylvester and Janice as my 
constituents.

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  On behalf of myself and the people of the great State of West 
Virginia, we thank Sylvester for his years of dedicated and 
professional service to the Nation and his contributions to the arts 
and wish him continued success in the next chapter of his personal and 
professional life. He has been, and will forever remain, a shining 
example of the willpower and determination that it takes to make dreams 
come true.

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