[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 16, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E29]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO MS. SONJA DRAN EMBRY

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                             HON. RON LEWIS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 16, 2008

  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, let me take this time to 
recognize the outstanding federal civilian service of Ms. Sonja Dran 
Embry on the occasion of her retirement. Ms. Embry has worked for the 
federal civil service at the Navy Personnel Command for the past 36 
years.
  A native of Caneyville, Kentucky, Ms. Embry is a 1970 graduate of the 
Kentucky Business College in Lexington, Kentucky. On January 4th 1971, 
she began her civil service career working at the Bureau of Naval 
Personnel where she held administrative support positions in the Recall 
and Release Branch, Civilian Personnel Branch/Administrative and 
Management Division, and the Congressional/Disposal Sections. As the 
Vietnam Conflict was winding down, Ms. Embry was again assigned to the 
Recall and Release Branch where she worked until September 1979.
  Ms. Embry was selected to serve as the Human Resources Assistant in 
the Submarine and Nuclear Power Officer Assignments Branch in September 
1979. In August 1998, she assisted in the move and reorganization of 
the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, DC into the Navy Personnel 
Command in Millington, TN. She has been the cornerstone of this office 
providing continuity and service to the military members of the U.S. 
Navy's Submarine Service. Her tireless and caring performance of duty 
has touched and had a pronounced effect on the lives and careers of 
over 18,000 submarine officers.
  Please join me and our colleagues in thanking Ms. Embry for her 
tireless contributions to a grateful Nation and in wishing her the best 
in her future.

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