[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 144 (Wednesday, September 26, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1991]
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                         HONORING MARTY DICKENS

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                         HON. MARSHA BLACKBURN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 26, 2007

  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Marty Dickens as he retires from his position as 
president of AT&T Tennessee after a distinguished 39-year career in the 
telecommunications industry.
  Beginning his career with the company in 1969, Marty worked in the 
public affairs and regulatory departments and comptroller's office 
before joining BellSouth International in 1992. He has served on the 
boards of directors of BellSouth operations in Brazil, Venezuela, 
Panama, Nicaragua, Israel, China and Denmark.
  Since moving to Nashville to become president of the company in 1999, 
Marty has become a force not just in the Nashville business community, 
but in its charitable and civic life as well. Not content with the 
challenges of running a major regional employer, Marty sought out other 
ways to contribute such as serving on the Board of Trustees at Belmont 
University, on the community boards of the YMCA, Boy Scouts, Vanderbilt 
University's Blair School of Music, as well as the Adventure Science 
Center, among others.
  Marty has also served on the corporate boards of Genesco and First 
American Financial Holdings and has served as chairman of both the 
Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Nashville Area Chamber 
of Commerce. Most recently, he was honored as the 2007 Outstanding 
Nashvillian of the Year by the Kiwanis Club of Nashville.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating Marty Dickens on an 
exemplary record of service in business, in charity and in our 
community. He has set an example that we would all do well to emulate, 
and we wish him well in his retirement.

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